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

“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

In a letter sent Wednesday, the Maryland Democrat and member of the House Oversight Committee said Hegseth could be "on the hook" for the full cost of the airliner, some $400 million.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

That compared with just over 5% in the company’s workhorse 747 airliner.

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