Originally Posted by
flyinthrew
If Boeing hadn’t pulled one of their signature business/legal chicanes and gotten the new tanker rebid we wouldn’t be years behind. Having tanked behind everything owned by a coalition force, nothing beats the Airbus tankers. Anybody who has been behind the Brits/Aussies/Canadians on a truly garbage night knows it is an excellent product. Boeing can barely get the KC-46 out of the barn in one piece.
Eh, I’d have to give “best tanker” status to the KC-10, then the L1011, then maybe the VC-10.