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F-35A Refuels With Italian Tanker

Friday, August 14th, 2015

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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program recorded a first the week of July 27 when an international aerial refueling tanker not operated by Air Force underwent refueling certification trials with a United States aircraft.A conventional variant F-35A, the AF-4 aircraft, aerially refueled from an Italian KC-767 tanker, according to a statement from the F-35 program office. During the flight, the KC-767A and its Italian military crew completed 25 boom contacts with the F-35A and successfully offloaded 16,000 pounds of…

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