Boeing bids for AF contract to convert 767s to tankers

Boeing Co. will use its Wichita facility and work force if it gets an Air Force contract to convert 767s to tankers. Congress late last year granted the Air Force authority to negotiate a lease for up to 100 tankers to replace its aging KC-135 tanker fleet. Boeing produced 732 KC-135s, of which 540...

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