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The tankers are assigned to the 14° Stormo (Wing ... in the KC-767 the operators move the boom using a joystick and watching the video from a series of cameras mounted on the tanker’s rear ...
at the company's 767 production facility in Everett, WA, the assembly team laid down an 82.4-ft (25-m) wing spar as the first step in assembling the widebody, multirole tanker. Derived from Boeing ...
In a recent conference call, Boeing boss Harry Stonecipher was asked several times about the future of the 767 ... tanker, according to senior Boeing executives. Then there's a futuristic blended ...
The first engineering and manufacturing development aircraft of Boeing’s KC-46 tanker programme has completed its first airworthiness flight equipped with an aerial refuelling boom and wing air ...
Boeing's proposed KC-767 NewGen Tanker for the US Air Force incorporates the wing and fuselage from the 767-200, the cargo door and floor from the 767-300F and the cockpit from the 767-400ER.
Bowman said Boeing's commercial wing was cooperating closely on the tanker proposal, and was ready to support either the 767 or 777, depending on what Boeing decided to offer. "Whether it's a 767 ...
Jim Albaugh, head of Boeing defense, said the company could offer the U.S. Air Force either a tanker based on its 767 or its 777 jet ... looking at designing a new wing for the 777 to keep ...
One crewmember known as the boom operator controls the boom, centerline drogue, and wing refueling pods during refueling operations. This new tanker utilizes an advanced KC-10 boom, a center ...
Bowman said Boeing's commercial wing was cooperating closely on the tanker proposal, and was ready to support either the 767 or 777, depending on what Boeing decided to offer. "Whether it's a 767 ...