Pizza, cookies and Chick-fil-A: F-22 refueling banter will leave you hungry

There’s always some light banter and fun that goes back and forth between pilots and technicians during an air-to-air refueling mission.

But this one will make your stomach rumble (while you’re laughing out loud).

Senior Airman Jordan Smith, whom you hear in the video talking to an F-22 Raptor pilot, is a KC-10 in-flight refueler from Travis Air Force Base, California.

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Smith has a history of mixing food with deployments. In February, the airman made pizza for his crew in the sky.

Nom nom nom.

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