777 Was Left Behind
The circumstances that led to the selection of the Northrop-EADS KC-45A tanker are curious. At the start of the competition, Boeing pitched a variant of the 777 as an alternative to the KC-767. But, the U.S. Air Force talked Boeing out of it. USAF wanted a “medium tanker.” The 777 would have trumped...
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