Boeing KC-767

what is it?

The Boeing KC-767 is a military aerial refueling tanker and transport aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200ER. The tanker received the designation KC-767A, after being selected by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) initially to replace older KC-135Es. In December 2003, the contract was frozen and later canceled due to corruption allegations. The tanker was developed for the Italian and Japanese air forces, who ordered four tankers each.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 47.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 915 km/htop speed
• range 12,200 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 200passengers
• size 186.9 tmax take-off weight
• built 8made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 21 years ago, in 2005.
• 🏎️Top speed is 7.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 47.6 m: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 31 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 12,200 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

2005-05-21

status

still flying

number built

8

role

tanker/transport

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Boeing Defense, Space & Security

engines

2× GE CF6-80C2

crew

3

passengers

200

length

48.5 m

wingspan

47.6 m

height

15.8 m

max take-off weight

186.9 t

top speed

915 km/h

cruise speed

851 km/h

range

12,200 km

ceiling

12,200 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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