Er, sorry, are we experiencing another BEagle personality disorder here? I thought you were an avid fan of the A330-200 tanker these days? Or is it just that you think we should be buying them rather than doing a PFI? And I'm not sure that I agree with your assertion that the A310 is going to be a "21st Century" tanker either!
Roland - Italy might get their KC-767s into service a few years ahead of our A330s, but that isn't to say that Boeing are going to be able to shift any more of them; Italy may well be able to marvel in being the only operator of the type apart from Japan!