This week in Edwards flight test history

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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  On Nov. 7, 2000, the Lockheed Martin X-35A accomplished its first aerial refueling.  During its 10th flight, the Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator completed four refueling evolutions from a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker at 23,000 feet and verified its compatibility with the tanker’s flow-field wake and refueling boom.