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Monday, June 04, 2007

Boeing KC-767 tanker set for mid-year deliveries

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usBoeing is poised to get its KC-767 tanker programme back on track, with first deliveries to Italy and Japan planned from mid-year and a decision on the US Air Force's KC-X contest expected in the third quarter.

Boeing plans to announce a revised delivery date for Italy's first of four KC-767s before the Paris air show, while Japan's launch aircraft from a four-strong order is also "ready to go", says Mark McGraw, the company's vice-president tanker programmes.

Boeing is in negotiations with Japan over the completion of testing and an exact delivery schedule, but McGraw says its first tanker will be delivered by "mid-way through this year, at the latest".

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