• The New KC-767

Posted: **Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:19 pm**

Air Force has a competition with Boeing and Northrop-Grumman/Airbus to create basically a replacement to the aging KC-135 fleet. Boeing plans to fit both the 767 and 777 to be refuelers. Check out Boeing's "sales pitch" for the KC-767.

http://www.boeing.com/ids/globaltanker/ ... tBrief.pdf

Posted: **Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:03 pm**

holy...thats gotta be HUGE

of course, Northrop Grumman and Boeing...competing again!

Posted: **Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:14 am**

Thanks for posting that link Rhino.....very interesting to see how Boeing pitched this to the Govt.

Posted: **Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:31 pm**

I thought I heard somewhere that the AF didn't want a 2 engine tanker. Was that old thinking perhaps? Or did I just imagine it?

Posted: **Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:15 pm**

necigrad wrote:I thought I heard somewhere that the AF didn't want a 2 engine tanker. Was that old thinking perhaps? Or did I just imagine it?

You have to wonder with that mentality, what else is there out there that doesnt already have mass airframe time. They do use the DC-10, but that is hoped to be phased out and "re-done" with a tanker version of the 777. With the exception of the 747, A340, and A380, i cant really think of any jets that size that arent 2 engined.

Posted: **Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:16 am**

I believe the only options available are 2 engine aircraft. And with as reliable and efficient the current two engine aircraft are, no need to waste more gas on getting the gas somewhere.

Posted: **Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:42 am**

The other thing is that Boeing's idea with the 767 is to have it have a more short takeoff and landing capability, so it can get into the smaller airports and bases around the world.

Posted: **Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:56 pm**

There is the 747 and A340. And imagine the lift capability of the A380 or 747-800! You could probably move 2 full squadrons. It's just something that I'd heard, probably 5 years or so ago. I'm guessing the idea was that with all that fuel they didn't want to lose 50% of the thrust or something.

Posted: **Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:08 pm**

Cool, there you go, more kc planes

Posted: **Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:14 pm**

6558796 wrote:Cool, there you go, more kc planes

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Posted: **Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:42 am**

MMM What exactly did you just say?

Posted: **Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:58 pm**

6558796 wrote:MMM What exactly did you just say?

What he meant to say was "Dat big bird pwns the shizzle out of the hizzle on da phat runway mah grizzle.

Posted: **Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:18 am**

MMM What exactly did you just say?

haha, reference the Posting video in the Forum Rules sticky and you shall soon see what he was saying...

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