Jane Edwards
The Boeing-built KC-767A tanker from Italy has completed its first foreign aerial refueling test with the U.S. Air Force’s F-35A fighter plane, Breaking Defense reported Thursday.
Colin Clark writes the Italian tanker completed the certification refueling test in California on July 29.
The F-35A fighter aircraft received 16,000 pounds of fuel from the KC-767A tanker with a total of 25 boom contacts, according to a release issued by the F-35 Joint Program Office.
Italy plans to purchase 60 units of F-35 and 30 F-35B variants, Clark reports.
