airliner

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Boeing hasn’t built KC-135s since the 1960s, so the Air Force will most likely replace the lost plane with a KC-46 Pegasus, a tanker that is based on a modified 767 airliner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Affectionately known as Kosmo, it's a towering black box that resembles a cross between a telephone exchange and the flight deck of an airliner.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

“Superpower accelerates AI data center development by providing gigawatts of new capacity and advances the development and certification of the Overture supersonic airliner by providing engine reliability data,” the statement added.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

The next-generation airliner was billions of dollars over budget and three years late.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

An airliner some thirty miles away reported being pelted with rocks.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson