Boeing achieved a milestone recently on its KC-767 tankers it’s building for the Italian Air Force.
Over the skies of northern Kansas, one of the tankers was refueled by another Italian KC-767 refueler. It’s the first time the KC-767 tanker has been refueled by another aircraft, Boeing officials say.
Boeing Wichita has been working on the tanker modifications.
During the flight test, Boeing aircrews made seven contacts and transferred more than 10,000 pounds of fuel using a system located at the top of the aircraft, behind the cockpit, the company said.
Boeing has two KC-767s in flight test for Italy and is building two additional tankers.
