Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...

When the Oscar and Emmy nominations come out, there are categories for Best Actor and Actress, Best Director, Best Cinematography and more. But, alas, you won't hear about an Oscar for the Best Boom ...

The boom operator has a view the pilot lacks; the pilot has control inputs the operator can’t make. When both parties maintain an open loop of concise, accurate information exchange, the combined ...

The boom operator is the assistant to the production sound mixer on a TV show, film or commercial. What a boom operator does: A boom operator is responsible for holding a microphone called a boom mike ...

Within the past year, KC-10 Extender boom operators have been receiving cutting-edge three-dimensional simulator training and life-size cargo load training that are benefitting career field around the ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Officials at Acme Worldwide Enterprises in Albuquerque, N.M., recently selected real-time visual computing solutions from Quantum3D for a military trainer. The Quantum3D Independence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for ...

Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for setting up the midair refueling for a receiving aircraft. They shared how ...