Why isn t the H 6 modified to be able to receive fuel in the air?

It's not that it can't be changed, it's useless.

China does not have the production capacity of large transport aircraft, and there are almost no aircraft in the whole army that can fly farther than the H-6.

Moreover, China is a defensive operation, and the combat radius of the H-6 is the combat radius of the aircraft + the full range of airborne missiles, for example, the combat radius of the H-6 is more than 1800, and the missile range (anti-ship) is 200, 1800 + 200 = 2000 kilometers.

It is enough to protect the security of our territorial waters.

The first time the bombardment six appeared in the public eye was in the 1999 National Day military parade. Everyone must still be interested in the scene of the bombing 6 and the two mid-air J-8s flying over Tiananmen Square.

Bomb Oil Six, two soft refueling pods are installed under the wings, which can refuel the J-8 D air refueling fighter. The modification can carry 37 tons of oil, tons of oil, and can be 6 J8. Docking operation is guided by instruments and visual control.

The navigation system of this type of aircraft is composed of two sets of inertial navigation systems, which are standby with each other, and two sets of TACAN navigation systems are installed for aerial ranging and ground short-range navigation and direction finder of refueling and receiving aircraft. Retrofitting of a heading attitude system. The nose is equipped with a weather radar.

Two sets of ultra-shortwave single-sideband radios, two security radios and life-saving radios have been added to the communication system. Radar warning equipment and chaff strip infrared decoy droppers have been added to the electronic countermeasures equipment. In order to carry out night refueling, a white light is installed on both sides of the left and right pylons, in the tail cone on the inside of the left and right landing gear nacelles, and on both sides of the rear maintenance compartment.

There is certainly no problem with the modification, but it is not necessary, because there is enough range, and the H-6 is old.

It may be that China does not have a good enough tanker aircraft, the Il-76 actually carries very little oil, and China does not have the ability to build large aircraft, so the technology of air refueling is available, but there is no large aircraft that can hold a lot of oil, personal opinion, so it is simply not designed for air refueling.

Spectators who have watched the Ascend and Defeat H-6 Training** will tremble, and a white smoke will drift behind it, and many will think that it is the water vapor spewing from the plane. But in fact, it was the H-6K throwing fuel in the air, which many people must not understand, after all, aviation fuel is not the same as our car fuel. One liter of aviation fuel is worth dozens of liters of gasoline, and it is completely unreasonable for the H-6 to waste fuel so much.

In fact, this is not unreasonable, although the safety performance of the H-6K has changed from what it used to be after several major improvements. However, when landing, it is still subject to the maximum landing weight, and once this limit weight is exceeded, the aircraft will be severely damaged. If the situation is bad, it will also lead to the destruction of the plane and the death of people, such as when landing, once the friction sparks come into contact with aviation kerosene, it will lead to an accident.

Therefore, before the H-6K lands, a certain amount of fuel will be released, which not only reduces the weight of the bomber itself, but also reduces the possibility of fuel being ignited. However, bombers do not release fuel at all times, usually when the bomber is about to arrive at the airfield. And the fuel must be released at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, and the fuel released from no residential area around the ground will not fall to the ground.