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Friday, April 24, 2015

Drones

US Navy's X-47B, AV-2, Bureau # 168064, of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) successfully complete Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) with the K-707 Omega Tanker over the Chesapeake Bay on 22 April 2015.  VX-23 is part of the Naval Test Wing Atlantic in Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD.  The Mission Operators of the X-47B are Northrop Grumman CorporationÕs Mr. Corey Lazare and Mr. Dave Fulton. Pilots of the Omega Aerial Refueling Services are Mr. Tom Straiton and Mr. Dennis Warren. (U.S. Navy Photo by Liz Wolter)The Navy's unmanned fighter completed its first aerial refueling Wednesday, the first of the aircraft's final tests before it's retired to make way for the next generation of carrier-launched drones. The X-47B received over 4,000 lbs. of fuel from an Omega K-707 tanker aircraft, unmanned carrier aviation program manager Capt. Beau Duarte said, while flying off the coast of Maryland and Virginia from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.


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