Competition To Modernize USAF Tankers Could Take Years

Posted at: Fri Nov 26th, 2004

A competition to upgrade or replace the U.S. Air Force's aging KC-135 tankers could take as little as six months or as long as several years, depending on the option chosen, a service official said Nov. 23. Holding a competition to replace the engines on the KC-135Es, the oldest airc...