The Italian Air Force took delivery on Jan. 27 of the first of four Boeing KC767-A tanker aircraft it has acquired.

The aircraft, MM 62229, flew from Boeing’s Wichita, Kan., facility to the Italian Air Force’s Pratica di Mare base south of Rome for a hand-over ceremony, the Air Force said in a statement.

The KC767-A replaces the B-707T/T tanker previously flown by the Italian Air Force. It is configured for troop and cargo transport, as well as refueling from a rear boom and three hose and drogues – one under each wing and one under the main fuselage.

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