I agree with joeinTX.

Looks like a Cylon Raider…………. 😀

From what I’v been reading….it looks like the AF wants to replace its MC-130 Combat Talons with either a 737 based airframe or a KC-130J. So it looks like they need a platform for refueling special warfare helicopters and may not require a “flying boom”. If thats the case my bet will be on the KC-130J. Which still leaves the AF with needing to replace the KC-135. The 777 could do this, but at very great cost. I can’t see a 737 airframe doing this as it would be just too small. So the choice would seem to be….A330……777…..767….or (longshot?) 787. Or the AF could buy a bunch of used DC-10s but that doesn’t seem too likely.

I’d rather see a “K-787″……….is the 737 even big enough for a “flying boom” fueling pole?

How would the MIG-17 have stacked against a Hunter?

Um….I was joking with the Argentina thing………I don’t think Britain would EVER sell Argentina another A/C carrier.

Sounds reasonable. Which meand the Brits will NEVER do it.

I’m betting Venezuela goes for MIG-29s. Maybe with a few SU-25s also. But I think you will see the US pretty much ignore Latin America. They pose absolutly NO threat to the US and regardless of how they may feel, they just are not a priority to the United States right now.