[Shameel Kumar]

Originally Posted by Torin Wilson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-10_MC2A

E-10 isn't the tanker.

KC-767 (762ER) lost to KC-45 (A332) for the USAF aerial refueling competition thingy

Firstly, wasn't the latest KC-767 tanker based on the 767-200LRF platform, not the -200ER?
The tankers which Italy and Japan have placed orders for are straight-up conversions of 767-200ER aircraft.

The E-10 which Scott took a couple of photos of is based off the 767-400ER platform and it seems as though it is/was a replacement for the Boeing 707-based E-3 Sentry AWACS, the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft, and EC-135 ELINT aircraft.

So from that the question I have for Scott is... why do you suggest that the E-10 will soon be collecting dust out in the desert? Did the development ..and ultimately the production of the E-10 depend on the new KC-767 Advanced Tanker winning the USAF aerial refueling bid? .... couldn't it still be built regardless of the KC-767's fate?