For the first time, two Lockheed Martin F-35C test aircraft refuelled together with a Lockheed Martin KC-130 Hercules

Photo courtesy of Andy Wolfe,
Lockheed Martin
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Jan. 22, 2013 - For the
first time, two Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant
test aircraft refuelled together with a Lockheed Martin KC-130
Hercules in the sky above Patuxent River, Md. recently. The CV
aircraft, known as CF-1 and CF-2, completed the milestone as part
of an F-35 flight test program that will accomplish more than 1,000
flights in 2013. Later this year, Eglin AFB, Fla., will
receive its first CV aircraft joining the F-35 pilot and maintainer
training program there.
Cobham's comprehensive aerial refueling capability is
represented in this demonstration from the wing mounted aerial
refueling pods on the C-130 to the refueling probes aboard the F-35
jets. Cobham is the world-wide leader in hose & drogue
aerial refueling with systems on over 550 C-130 tanker aircraft
around the globe.