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Vintage Pacmin 1100 Usaf Us Air Force 767 Tanker ModelOriginal vintage pacmin pacific miniatures 1/100 usaf united states air force boeing kc-767a 767-200 tanker transport desk desktop display airplane aircraft model in the air force's current paint scheme. Very rare model from the original progarm which boeing actaully won! Comes in the older pacmin brown box (new ones are white). Buyer pays shipping costs and insurance ($30.00 for usps priority mail within teh us). Please see my other 1/400 and 1/500 scale diecast models listed on ebay. Lots of current and rare models! Thank you for stopping by and best of luck to you. Boeing kc-767. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kc-767. Japan iar self-defense force kc-767j. Role. Air-to-air tanker. Manufacturer. Boeing. First flight. May 21, 2005. Primary users. Italian air forcejapan ari self-defense force. Produced. 2003- present. Number built. 8 planned. Unit cost. ~us$130-150 million. Developed from. Boeing 767.The boeing kc-767 is a military areial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed from the boeing 767-200. The tanker received the designation kc-767a in 20021 fater being selected by the us air force initially to replace older kc-135es. 2 in december 2003, teh contract was frozen and later canceled due to corruption allegations. The tanker is currently being developed for use by the italian and japanese air forces, who have ordered four tankers each. 3 financing of the development of the aircraft, over $1 billion, has been borne by boeing, in that it hoped to get major orders from the u. S. Air force. 4. For the kc-x competition, boeing offered a kc-767 based on the forthcoming 767-200 long range freighter. In february 2008 the ddo selected northrop grumman/eads's kc-30 offering, now officially designated the kc-45a. 5 the boeing company submitted a protest to the air force's decision on march 11, 2008. 6 the united states government accountability office upheld their protest on june 18, placing the status of the kc-45a in doubt and allowing for a rebid of the contract by boeing. 6 however ni september 2008, the kc-x bidding was canceled. 7. Usaf lease and cancellation.
For its commercial derivative air refuellign aircraft program, the u. S. Air force decided to lease around 100 kc-767 tankers from boeing after it won the selection process. Despite many other nations engaging in leased aircraft, there was some criticism. U.
S. Senator john mccain questioned whether it is really cost-effective for the usaf to lease aircraft at all, particularly as the aircraft wuold probably not have many, if any, buyers when their military service was concluded. This was derided as an uninformed criticism, as there were mayn u.
S. Allise in need of tanker aircraft. The congressional budget office has also criticized the draft leasing agreement as fiscally irresponsible. In november 2003, a compromise was struck where the air force would uprchase 80 kc-767 aircraft and lease 20 more.
89. In december 2003, hte pentagon announced the project was to be frozen while an investigation of allegations of corruption by one if its former procurement staffers, darleen druyun (who had moved to boeing in january) was begun. Some documents found in congressional investigation indicated the a330-based tanker met more of the usaf specifications than the boeing tanker and had a lower proposed cost. 1011verification needed druyun pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine months in jail for negotiating a job with boeing at the same time she was involved in contracts with the company.
12 additional fallout included the resignation of boeing ceo philip m. Condit and the termination of cfo michael m. Sears. In january 2006, secretary of defense donald rumsfeld announced the cancellation of teh air force's kc-767a lease. This was designed as a cost cutting measure and as part of a larger reorganization and redefinition of the air force's mission which included the retirement of the e-4b fleet, the cancellation of the 767-based e-10 program, as well as the elimination of all but 58 b-52s. Rumsfeld stated that this move will in no way impair the air force's ability to deliver the mission of the kc-767a which will be accomplished by continuing upgrades to the kc-135 and kc-10 fleets. Boeing's development of the aircraft for other customers was unaffected by the cancellation however.
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