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USAF defends the 767 Tanker programme but Pentagon thinks to an upgrade for the KC-135s

Washington, USA - A significant upgrade hypothesis with new engines is under examination

After Boeing’s statement defending the value of its 767 Tanker programme (see for details AVIONEWS), this is the time of US Air Force, which would have put into evidence how the KC-135s air tanker fleet is rapidly getting older, so that one risks to avoid of finding the proper replacement right when these old airplanes have to be definitively left on the ground. Usaf has added that present relevant i...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 63372
Rome, Italy, 05/17/2004 13:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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