NEW TANKER EXPECTED TO BEGIN TESTING.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. -- Boeing's new KC-767 tanker is expected to begin testing of its takeoff performance this month at Edwards Air Force Base. A modified version of Boeing's 767 airliner, the prototype logged its 100th test flight last week while performing U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control certification stall stall, small division of a larger space, sometimes partly partitioned. The term is used for a booth for display and selling at an exhibition, for a compartment in a stable or kennel, or, in England, for the forward seats in a theater orchestra. and climb testing in Seattle. ``Completing 100 test flights shows great progress toward delivering the world's most advanced aerial refueling Aerial refueling, also called Air refueling or in-flight refueling (IFR) or air-to-air refueling (AAR) or (in the UK) tanking. Note that AAR also stands for "After Action Review" (de-briefing) and in aviation, IFR also stands for tanker,'' said Mark McGraw, Boeing vice president of Tanker Programs. After its takeoff testing at Edwards, the KC-767A will undergo testing of its hose/drogue and boom system later this summer and fall. |
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