Japan Plans First Refueling Exercises

Staff January 20, 2003
While it awaits the arrival of its first Boeing 767 tanker/transport in fiscal 2006, Japan's air force will conduct the first operational inflight refueling exercises in its history. The exercises for its F-15J air interdiction fighters will use Boeing KC-135 tankers operated out of the U.S. Air...

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