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F-35 JSF airplane completes first night refuelling mission

Fort Worth, Usa - More than three hours with an Air Force KC-135 tanker

Lockheed Martina unveiled yesterday that the first night refueling in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35 program was completed Thursday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by US Air Force Lt. Col. Peter Vitt, AF-4, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, rendezvoused with an Air Force KC-135 tanker and successfully received fuel through the F-35’s boom receptacle. Vitt’s sor...

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Rome, Italy, 03/27/2012 14:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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