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US Air Force is looking for a new aerial refueling tanker

Washington, USA - Airbus and Boeing the main candidates for the supply

According to a report of Rand, a company of intermediation for military supply, Boeing and Airbus are the only aircraft makers able to satisfy all the technical demands, with an acceptable cost, for the supply of the new tanker planes needed by US Air Force (see for details AVIONEWS). The planes that better than others can be exchanged to this function are Boeing 747, 767,777 and 787, and Airbus 330...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 137243
Rome, Italy, 03/09/2006 14:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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