Title: Boeing KC-767 - Wikipedia
Headings: Boeing KC-767
Boeing KC-767
Contents
Development
Commercial Derivative Air Refueling Aircraft
USAF lease, cancellation and re-award
International programs
Italian Air Force
Japan Self-Defense Forces
Others
USAF KC-X Program
Operational history
Flight testing
Variants
KC-767A
KC-767J
KC-46A
Israeli tanker conversions
767 MMTT
KC-X2
Operators
Italy
Japan
Brazil
Colombia
Specifications (KC-767)
General characteristics
Performance
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
External links

Content: U.S. Senator John McCain questioned whether it is really cost-effective for the USAF to lease aircraft at all, particularly as the aircraft would probably not have many, if any, buyers when their U.S. military service ended. The Congressional Budget Office has also criticized the draft leasing agreement as fiscally irresponsible. In November 2003, a compromise was struck whereby the Air Force would purchase 80 KC-767 aircraft and lease 20 more. In December 2003, the Pentagon announced the project was to be frozen while an investigation of allegations of corruption by one of its former procurement staffers, Darleen Druyun (who had moved to Boeing in January) was undertaken. Reporter Joseph L. Galloway wrote that 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. 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". Additional fallout included the termination of Boeing CFO Michael M. Sears, who was sentenced to four months in prison in 2005, and the resignation of Boeing CEO Philip M. Condit. The Air Force's KC-767A contract was officially canceled by the DoD in January 2006. International programs
Italian Air Force
A KC-767 for the Italian Air Force refueling a USAF B-52H, 2007
Boeing continued development of the aircraft. Italy selected the KC-767A and signed a contract in 2002 becoming the launch customer, with delivery set for 2005.