F-35 refueled by first operational tanker crew Posted on May 6, 2011May 6, 2011 by alert5 An tanker crew from the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command’s 916th Air Refueling Wing has came the first operational crew to refuel the F-35. U.S. Air Force photo/Darin Russell Related posts (Automatically Generated): IAI starts testing of tanker for Colombian Air Force Britain would welcome U.S. picking EADS tanker Global Strike command reaches full operational capability Winners of first Global Strike Challenge announced Photo: Husband and wife hook up over skies of Afghanistan Airbus Military say “some limited damage” to A330 tanker