The Japanese agreed to a mininum modification tanker based in the 767-200ER.
The Boeing 767AT is based on the in-development 767-200LRF with new engines, new cockpit, upgraded boom.
They may look alike, but at most they are identical cousins.
They may look alike, but at most they are identical cousins.
The 767LRF is really a 767-200ER fuselage with 767-400ER cockpit, wings, and landing gear. The proposed 767AT would have had 767-300ER landing gear, probably due to the fact that tankers tend to land at a rather low weight so they didn't need the heavier duty landing gear. The problem with the 767-400ER wing is that Delta wanted a domestic replacement for its L-1011 fleet and could park at the same gates. This compromised the 767-400ER performance so it really wasn't competitive with the A330 for most potential customers. The tanker proposed by Boeing would have been capable of lifting as much weight off the runway as a 767-400ER but with a plane with not much more empty weight than a 767-200ER. This would have allowed them to lift more fuel than the tankers delivered to Japan and Italy.