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Pentagon postpones to the end of the year the decision about Tanker’s destiny

Washington, USA – Other solutions devoted to replace the KC-135s are possible

US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, would have postponed to the end of the year the final decision regarding the possibility for US Air Force of taking delivery of a significant number of new Boeing 767 Tanker air tankers (see for details AVIONEWS). Such decision would be the result of consideration on a report carried out by a special Pentagon’s task force of analysts, produced in order to study t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 63793
Rome, Italy, 05/26/2004 18:51
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