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F-35A Completes First Night Refueling Mission
Lockheed Martin's Marietta site handles the F-35 center wing assembly.
The first night refueling in the history of the Lockheed Martin was completed Thursday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Piloted by U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Peter Vitt, AF-4, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, rendezvoused with an Air Force KC-135 tanker and successfully received fuel through the F-35’s boom receptacle. Vitt’s sortie lasted more than three hours.
Lockheed Martin’s site handles the F-35 center wing assembly. The center wing is the core of the fighter jet, where the wings attach. A company facility in Fort Worth, TX, handles final assembly of all F-35 components.
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