Boeing & USAF complete first KC-46 to KC-46 refueling test

A Boeing-U.S. Air Force test team recently refueled a KC-46A tanker from another KC-46A tanker for the first time, the US aircraft maker announced on Oct. 11, 2017. During the four-hour flight, the two aircraft successfully refueled each other and achieved the maximum fuel offload rate of 1,200 gallons per minute. Read more

src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tkrFahT3LICUBDFiM2EInQOPiuwpxpWIfAuu0hFFXONlnrKYS2_syQrEDqsHVkB6dmfKFZlNWb=s0-d" width="400"> A KC-46A Pegasus tanker is refueled by a second KC-46 for the first time as seen from the tanker’s air refueling operator station. During the flight the two aircraft successfully refueled each other and transferred a total of 38.100 pounds of fuel
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