Boeing KC-767

KC-767
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767J
General information
Type	Tanker/transport
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Status	In service
Primary users	Italian Air Force Japan Air Self-Defense Force Colombian Aerospace Force
Number built	9 (8 originally built, 1 converted)[1]
History
Manufactured	2003–present
First flight	21 May 2005
Developed from	Boeing 767
Developed into	Boeing KC-46 Pegasus

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. Financing of the development of the aircraft has largely been borne by Boeing, in the hope of receiving major orders from the USAF. Boeing's revised KC-767 proposal to the USAF was selected in February 2011 for the KC-X program under the designation KC-46.