KC-X was the United States Air Force (USAF) program to procure its next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft to replace some of their older Boeing...
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United States Air Force (USAF) as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to replace older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers. The first aircraft was delivered...
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The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside...
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USAF. Boeing's revised KC-767 proposal to the USAF was selected in February 2011 for the KC-X program under the designation KC-46. At the start of the...
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KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-10 Extender fleets. In 2006, the USAF released a request for proposal (RFP) for a new tanker aircraft, known as the KC-X RFP...
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Airbus A330 MRTT (redirect from KC-30)
updated in January 2007, to the KC-X RFP, one of three acquisition programmes that are intended to replace the entire KC-135 fleet. The A330 MRTT was proposed...
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Airbus A330 (section EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45)
proposed as the EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45 for the US Air Force's KC-X competition, but lost to the Boeing KC-46 in appeal after an initial win. In July...
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Boeing 767 (section 767-X (partial double-deck))
the USAF announced its selection of the KC-767 Advanced Tanker, an upgraded variant of the KC-767, for its KC-X fleet renewal program. The selection followed...
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offer the KC-30 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft in the U.S. Air Force's KC-X tanker competition. In February 2008 the U.S. Air Force chose KC-30, but...
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appeals against KC-X exclusion, blames USAF 'conspiracy'". Flightglobal. Retrieved 4 October 2010. Parsons, Gary (6 August 2010). "An-122KC KC-X proposal revealed...
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