Originally Posted by
Twin Wasp
Back four or more years ago the USAF was looking at getting 767 tankers and contracting out the flying.
Not exactly. The study/proposal by Headquarters AMC was a CMI agreement to operate the KC-135s domestically (to support receiver continuation training/currency), providing relief for USAF tanker crews during periods of high operations tempo. That's right...a CMI agreement to operatate USAF KC-135s within the US. It was considered back in 2008.