SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Illinois—An Illinois Air National Guard wing, took off from Scott Air Force, Illinois for a rendezvous with an aircraft out of Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Arkansas for a refueling mission, March 6.
On this clear day over Northern Arkansas, Happy 51, a 126th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker, and Wolf 02, an F-35A Lighting II were on their way to an historic first.
This marked the first time a Polish F-35 was refueled by a US air refueling tanker and to make it more historic Poland’s state partner the Illinois Air National Guard did the refueling.
“For me being the first Polish F-35 pilot who performed air to air refueling was an honor,” said a Polish Student Pilot. “Plus,...
