Boeing Confirms USAF Refueler Candidate

Credit: BOEING CONCEPT
Boeing’s so-called NewGen Tanker, a 767-based design for the U.S. Air Force KC-X competition, will ­feature a new refueling boom and a flight deck based on the 787 ­airliner. Company officials say the airframe will be based on a 767, but they decline to say which variant. An artist’s concept appears...

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