Buy the Japanese KC-767

Credit: BOEING
After the fiasco about the contract award for a new U.S. Air Force tanker, why doesn’t USAF buy the now-operational Japanese KC-767 “off the shelf” from Boeing. I’m sure it doesn’t meet all USAF requirements 100%, but as a Russian general once said: “Better is the enemy of good enough.”

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