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[DHPope93]

Yup!

As far as having a better feel, it's still all anybody's guess, and I'm a FNG. I just listen to all the conjecture running around the unit, some logical, some not-so-much. Lots of politics involved (esp. with McCain being against it) a peck of rumors, with a little dash of "who the hell knows?" ;

There are some guys that would love it (pilots that already fly 75/76, and those who don't want to go through the hassle/expense/time of converting to R's now and possibly 76's some time in the future) and some that think it'd suck (concern on turning into cargo carriers, changing the complexion of deployments, etc). Right now, the 767 debate/pool is running a distant second to the "When are we going to get activated" betting.

Peace,
DP

 

[Draginass]

The 767 would make a great tanker. Plenty of gas and plenty of room for cargo. Probably a 410GW or so. If only the USAF can get over it's 4 engine fetish. Although, the 747 would be great too, but it'd sure take up a lot of ramp space. And again, many times it not the total quanity of gas for offload, but the numbers of booms in the sky.