MARKING ARRANGEMENT FOR AIDING AIRCRAFT MID-AIR REFUELING

A visual enhancement marking arrangement for a receiver aircraft having a body portion and a fuel receiving receptacle on the body portion for receiving the outer end of a refueling boom of a tanker aircraft, the marking arrangement increasing visual and depth perception of an observer in a tanker aircraft and including inner converging runway lines converging toward the fuel receiving receptacle, outer converging runway lines substantially parallel to the inner converging runway lines, substantially parallel comparator lines between the inner converging runway lines spaced apart about the width of the fuel receiving receptacle and in alignment therewith, milestone marker lines perpendicular to the comparator lines and extending between the inner runway lines, gradient density contour lines located on opposite sides of the fuel receiving receptacle, fuel receptacle outline markings, stabilizer vane markings, and danger marking lines delineating critical "do not contact" areas including windscreen outline markings and radar dome outline markings.