A connection device for in-flight connecting an aircraft to a refueling device of a tanker airplane has a support structure carrying a hollow connecting boom that is fixed to the fuselage structure. The support structure has a tubular cylindrical body with an internal passage, at least two parallel bearings carrying the cylindrical body and fixed to the fuselage structure, and an element longitudinally locking the cylindrical body along its longitudinal axis.

 
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