Permalink: http://www.boeingimages.com/archive/First-KC-46A-Tanker-Refueling-Flight--January-2016-2JRSXLJVJGVE.htmlCopyright © Boeing. All Rights Reserved.View Photo/Video onlyConceptually similarBoeing KC-46A PegasusBoeing KC-46A Tanker Conducts Envelope-Expansion TestingKC-46 Pegasus Tanker Refuels a Boeing A-10 AircraftBoeing KC-46 Tanker Viewed from a Boeing KC-10Boeing KC-46 Pegasus TankerKC-46A Pegasus with Fly-By-Wire Boom ExtendedBoeing KC-46A Refuels A-10Boeing 767-2C First Flight December 28, 2014Boeing KC-46A Pegasus Landing after First FlightView AllView more with similar tones First KC-46A Tanker Refueling Flight, January 2016Select usageWhat Type of Order?Usage:Boeing and U.S. Air Force aircrews successfully completed the KC-46A tanker’s first refueling flight on January 24, 2016 in the skies above Washington state.Following takeoff from Boeing Field in Seattle, the KC-46A test team worked through a series of test points before smoothly offloading 1,600 pounds of fuel to an F-16 fighter aircraft flying at 20,000 feet. During the 5 hour and 43-minute flight, both Boeing and Air Force air refueling operators accomplished multiple contacts with the F-16 that confirmed the system was ready to transfer fuel. Master Sgt Lindsay Moon, U.S. Air Force KC-46 air refueling operator, then “flew” the tanker’s 56-foot boom downward and waited for the F-16 to move into position before fully extending the boom into its refueling receptacle. The KC-46 offloaded fuel to the fighter and when the fuel transfer was complete, the system automatically turned off the pumps and Moon smoothly retracted the boom. Rickey Kahler, Boeing KC-46 air refueling operator, also guided the boom during contacts with the F-16 while sitting in the tanker’s state-of-the-art refueling operator station in the front of the tanker.Also known as EMD-2, the tanker made its first flight September 25, 2015 and has now completed 32 flights.BI46917 (msf16-0006-01)Maximum size:4928px × 3280px (~46 MB)16.4in × 10.9in (300dpi)License type:Rights ManagedKeywords:2010s-aerial views-air to air-Boeing-clouds-day-flight testing-flying-flying in formation-full body views-haze-high-tech / advanced-historic significance-KC-46A Pegasus-left rear views-mid-air refueling-military livery-nobody-Puget Sound-refueling booms-tankers-viewed from aboveRelated Photo/Videos:View AllRelated Virtual folders:KC-46A Pegasus
