PRIMER REABASTECIMIENTO EN VUELO DEL F-35 STVOL/FIRST IN FLIGHT REFUELLING OF F-35B SHORT TAKE OFF/VERTICAL LANDING

El F-35B STOVL, variante de aterrizaje y despegue vertical ha sido reabastecido de combustible en vuelo por primera vez durante una reciente misión llevada a cabo en la planta de Lockheed Martin en Ft. Worth, Texas. La misión fue llevada a cabo por un KC-130 de la base naval de Patuxent River, Maryland. Las pruebas de reabastecimiento seguirán realizándose en los próximos meses.
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Wyle air crew personnel have become the first aviators to aerially refuel the F 35-B short takeoff/vertical landing variant (STOVL) during a recent mission at Lockheed Martin’s Ft. Worth, Tex. manufacturing facility.
These first aerial refueling missions were performed using Navy KC-130 tanker at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Two of the first five F-35B aircraft slated for flight testing arrived at Patuxent River in the last quarter of 2009 and Wyle’s KC-130 aircrew team will continue to assist with refueling missions as testing progresses.