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Air Mobility Command to Study Requirement for Commercial Tankers

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021

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Air Mobility Command to Study Requirement for Commercial Tankers

Lockheed Martin has said that the LMXT will derive from the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (Lockheed Martin Photo)

The Air Force is to study service tanking needs to inform a possible, upcoming solicitation for commercial tankers. "The objective of this work is to complete a report suitable for submission to Congress that is an effective and legally defensible commercial aerial refueling study and business case analysis," the Air Force said on Oct. 13 in a sources sought notice to firms interested in performing the study. The 763rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., "is interested in the…

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