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Boeing transfers 3rd KC-767J Tanker to Japanese partner Itochu

Wichita, USA - The fourth tanker will be delivered to the MOD in the Q1 of 2010

The Boeing Company on Feb. 25 transferred the third KC-767J tanker to the company's Japanese partner, Itochu Corp., for delivery to the Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). When Itochu officially delivers the aircraft in March, it will join two KC-767J tankers that Japan received in 2008. The KC-767J departed Boeing's tanker modification center in Wichita on...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1100447
Rome, Italy, 03/02/2009 18:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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