Japan moves toward first buy of an aerial tanker.

JAPANESE TANKER PLANS: Japan is moving toward initial purchase of aerial tankers. It has not yet settled on a type, but it plans to buy one a year from fiscal 2000 to fiscal 2003. The Boeing 767 is seen as a likely choice because Japan already is buying it for early warning duties. Unit of the new...

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