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Boeing completes 1st aerial refuelings of 737 for Australia's wedgetail AEW&C program

Seattle, USA - With an USAF KC-135 tanker

The Boeing Company today announced it has completed the first aerial refuelings of a 737 platform. The historic flights were conducted for Project Wedgetail, Australia's airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program. Flying at 25,000 feet above Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Jan. 7, Boeing pilot Ron Johnston maneuvered the 737/700 AEW&C aircraft into a U.S. Air Force KC-10 tanker's refueling...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1098593
Rome, Italy, 01/15/2009 16:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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