F-18 Carrier Mission Cockpit (Video) | Catapult Launch, Aerial Refueling, Carrier Landing

Watch stick and thottle motions when pilot is flying fairly close formation as a wingman near 2:00 I believe. He is mostly watching the flight leader; not much head movement. Constant control corrections. The more close formation one flys on the wing the smaller the corrections may become. Both power and airframe responses have a lag time unlike an automobile on the highway. Even in fairly close formation you can still learn to "see" things other than leader's a/c except maybe as the slot in a tight diamond show formation. A very smooth leader makes it a lot easier to be a wingman when in close.

LOL!
Probe and drogue refueling shown here is much more receiver (fighter) pilot intensive than boom and receptacle style. Kinda like sex, and almost as much fun, especially at night. Things haven't changed much in the 40+ years since I last refueled an F-100 inflight.

James - That was my feeble attempt at humor! I tend to be sarcastic when I run across something that is so way off base! I fail to understand how such gross mistakes are made by anyone - be they professional or amateur. If it's the latter, we can stretch things a bit, and say that it is excusable. But if it's a pro - then, it's not excusable - especially if it's in their field of expertise! The latter is so often the case, that it's embarrassing to the rest of us in that field of ours, who are highly unlikely ever to sin so markedly. I would put it this way - professionals that make such egregious mistakes - are, at best, semi-pros!