Boeing Faction Pushes MD-11 Over 767 For USAF Fanker Program

Credit: BOEING
A tight-knit group of Boeing employees is touting the conversion of stored MD-11 airliners into tankers as a low-cost option to the company's KC-767 proposal to the U.S. Air Force. In the Pentagon's analysis of alternatives to replace Air Force KC-135 tankers, the MD-11 is emerging as only one of...

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