REFUELING TANKERS EYED
Japan's Defense Agency has down-selected the Boeing 767 and Airbus A310 as candidates for the aerial tanker program in its fiscal 2001-05 five-year defense plan. The air force's requirements are for a tanker that can refuel up to eight aircraft from a flying boom-type system. The range is to be 4...
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