KC-135 Stratotanker News

As KC-135Es retire, Air Force officials' focus shifts to KC-X

Posted at: Tue Oct 6th, 2009

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- One of the last of the KC-135E Stratotankers to retire made its final flight Sept. 28 to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and after more than 50 years of service, tail number 56-1503 will be relegated to a life a...

Boeing, Northrop Statements on Release of KC-X Tanker Draft RfP

Posted at: Fri Sep 25th, 2009

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 25, 2009 -- The Boeing Company today received the Draft Request for Proposal document for the KC-X Tanker competition from the U.S. Air Force, and released the following statement:"Our next step is to conduct a detailed review of the document. We want to understa...

$35B Air Force tanker competition set to reopen

Posted at: Thu Sep 24th, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Air Force is poised to reopen a troubled $35 billion contract competition for mid-flight refueling tankers between Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp."After eight years, we can finally get on with this program," Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., ...