"Roman J. Rohleder" wrote in message
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Alan Minyard schrieb:

A small note here, Airbus has never built a tanker.

So? Boeing had to start once at scratch, too. And Airbus is currently
working on it for the RAF.

That is the point. The USAF considered the development of a refueling boom
as a high risk item for the proposed schedule. Boeing on the other hand not
only invented the thing and has vast experience in them has already
completed the KC-135 boom re-design for the 767 tanker.


Al Minyard

Gruss, Roman