[Yo-Yo]

The Airbus tanker will require longer run ways.

No, the Airbus will require shorter runways. It will require more rampspace, but it can operate out of shorter fields than the Boeing tanker when carrying the same amount of fuel as the Boeing tanker.

[Paleo Conservative]

No, the Airbus will require shorter runways. It will require more rampspace, but it can operate out of shorter fields than the Boeing tanker when carrying the same amount of fuel as the Boeing tanker.

That's because it's a bigger plane with bigger wings and engines. It also has to burn more fuel to lift and carry the same load.

The 767 can fit in the same ramp space as the KC-135's it's replacing. It carries a little more fuel than the KC-135R and has better runway performance than the KC-135R. Considering our existing bases were designed for the KC-135, the 767 minimizes the costs of modifying the infrastructure already in place.

[Paleo Conservative]

No, the Airbus will require shorter runways. It will require more rampspace, but it can operate out of shorter fields than the Boeing tanker when carrying the same amount of fuel as the Boeing tanker.

So existing airbases will be able to supply less fuel to aircraft, because they can park fewer A330-200's than 767-200's.

[Paleo Conservative]

No, the Airbus will require shorter runways. It will require more rampspace, but it can operate out of shorter fields than the Boeing tanker when carrying the same amount of fuel as the Boeing tanker.

So existing airbases will be able to supply less fuel to aircraft, because they can park fewer A330-200's than 767-200's.

[Kansas58]

I think you are wrong on this point.

Very wrong!

The Airbus design will require far more updating, of existing Air Force facilities, including run ways.