F-35 refuels from Italian KC-767

Posted on August 7, 2015August 7, 2015 by alert5

F-35A performed its first aerial refueling with a foreign air force tanker when AF-4 took fuel from an Italian Air Force KC-767A at Edwards Air Force Base on Jul. 29.

An American JSF AF-4 from the 461 FLTS, Edwards AFB, CA, piloted by Maj. Charles "FLAK" Trickey performs the first contact and fuel transfer from a KC-767 foreign partner Italian Tanker. — An American JSF AF-4 from the 461 FLTS, Edwards AFB, CA, piloted by Maj. Charles “FLAK” Trickey performs the first contact and fuel transfer from a KC-767 foreign partner Italian Tanker.

Photo: F-35 Intergraded Test Force