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Italy’s Boeing-Built Tanker Completes Foreign Aerial Refueling Test With US F-35A

Italy’s Boeing-Built Tanker Completes Foreign Aerial Refueling Test With US F-35A - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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F35The 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.

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