Article: AIR FORCE SEEKS NEW TANKER

Article: AIR FORCE KC-X AERIAL REFUELING TANKER ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the life-cycle of the Air Force KC-X Aerial Refueling Tanker ... acquisition strategy that the Air Force developed to lease Boeing KC-767A Tanker aircraft ... audit report. Although the Air Force planned to compete the KC-X tanker aircraft and ...

Article: US Air Force using McDonnell Douglas KC-10 ...
PR Newswire;  March 17, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... as the most reliable in the Air Force. Two other KC-10 bases have been established ... fuselage. Since it entered Air Force service, the KC-10 has made its mark with ... Seymour Johnson. The 15th Air Force's KC-10s are under the control ...

Article: Pentagon Inspector General Calls On Air Force To ...
Defense Daily;  June 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... IG states in its new report, Air Force KC-X Aerial Refueling Tanker Aircraft ... 31 and April 12). While the Air Force's KC-X acquisition strategy provides ... Accordingly, the IG recommends that the Air Force's KC-X program office update the ...

Article: KC-10's would benefit from avionics upgrade, crews ...
Defense Daily;  November 12, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... OVER THE ATLANTIC -- The Air Force plans to upgrade the KC-10 Extender's avionics ... modifications will enable the Air Force Kc-10s to exceed the standards ... members also lauded the Air Force's purchase of the KC-10. "The smartest thing ...

Article: AS KC-135ES RETIRE, AIR FORCE OFFICIALS' ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Airmen keep the current Air Force fleet of 415 KC-135Rs flying until they ... meet this effort. In the Air Force, every time a KC-135 mission is flown ... year, approximately 72 KC-135s go through Air Force Materiel Command's depot ...

Article: DoD IG: Druyun Impacted Air Force's KC-135 ...
Defense Daily;  May 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the upkeep of its KC- 135 Stratotanker ... aircraft had ex-senior Air Force weapons buyer Darleen ... procurement activities, Air Force negotiators may have ... review an audit of the KC-135 contract that ... been involved in KC-135 depot activities ... 1990s. In 2001, the Air ...

Article: Foreign-Content Issue Overblown In Air Force Tanker ...
Defense Daily International;  September 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... continued, referring to the Air Force's KC-X request for proposal that ... new tankers aircraft for the Air Force under the KC-X program, which has a total ... over the next 15 years. The KC-X is the Air Force's top procurement priority ...