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miamiair (netAirspace FAA) 26 Feb 10, 19:11Post
Assuming all goes well with the latest restart of the $35 billion KC-X tanker competition, the Air Force says the plane should make its first flight by 2012 and hopes to be flying refueling missions by 2017. Under the current request for proposals, 18 aircraft are to be delivered by 2017.

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Will it be this:

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Or This:

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Or both?
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Lucas (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 26 Feb 10, 19:16Post
Hopefully it's the Boeing; no offense to the A330.
AndesSMF (Founding Member) 26 Feb 10, 19:19Post
Seems a little ambitious for a government project. Are they both totally based on the respective freighter version w/o much conversion to military standards?
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Queso (netAirspace ATC Tower Chief & Founding Member) 27 Feb 10, 04:21Post
AndesSMF wrote:Seems a little ambitious for a government project. Are they both totally based on the respective freighter version w/o much conversion to military standards?

Both versions are already being delivered to other countries, the KC-767 is being delivered to Italy and Japan, and I think there have been a couple of deliveries of the A330 MRTT, too.
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Lucas (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 27 Feb 10, 04:28Post
Queso wrote:
AndesSMF wrote:Seems a little ambitious for a government project. Are they both totally based on the respective freighter version w/o much conversion to military standards?

Both versions are already being delivered to other countries, the KC-767 is being delivered to Italy and Japan, and I think there have been a couple of deliveries of the A330 MRTT, too.



Yep, as I've mentioned before, I've even seen the Italian one doing low-level flights at BIL. Nice airplane.
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