00:00Right now, maintainers from the U.S. Air Force's 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are towing a KC-46 Pegasus, and the tool making this entire operation possible is something surprisingly simple.
00:15This yellow tow bar connects the tanker's nose gear to a powerful tug. It looks like nothing more than a long metal rod, but without it, a massive aircraft like the KC-46 isn't going anywhere.
00:27Inside this bar is a tiny hero, the shear pin. It's engineered to snap on purpose if too much force is applied. Why? To protect the aircraft's landing gear from catastrophic damage.
00:39From Talisman Sabre 25 in Australia to air bases around the world, this humble tow bar ensures that the Pegasus moves safely and precisely on the ground, proving that sometimes the smallest parts play the biggest roles.
00:57This is the last principle that the KC-46 is a large state of the U.S. Air Force's 747th Air Force Alive in Australia to have its ownpicuous safety in the marketplace.
01:01This is the first principle that the KC-47 is toinski-ft易-stress, and the first principle that the KC-47 is turned to have a new concept of the KC-48.
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