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IAI Adds Boom to 767 Tanker Conversion
IAI’s first customer for the multi-mission tanker transport was Colombia. Now, the Israeli company is adding a centerline refuelling boom.
IAI’s first customer for the multi-mission tanker transport was Colombia. Now, the Israeli company is adding a centerline refuelling boom.

Having delivered a pod-equipped Boeing 767 multi-mission tanker transport (MMTT) to the Colombian air force in late 2010, IAI’s Bedek Aircraft division has now added a flying boom option to its MMTT offering. The design of the boom has been finalized and testing completed. The boom is an IAI-designed fly-by-wire (FBW) unit controlled from a remote air refueling operator’s station on the flight deck. It can be installed to complement two underwing hose-drogue units, also of IAI design, and even a third, fuselage-mounted unit.

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