| the current refuelers are Boeing planes that are 2 decades past retirerment.
I honestly think the scandal 5 years ago when a Buyer for the airforce was hired by Boeing to work on this program soured the airforce against boeing....another concern nationally is to have another region ( as you suggested working cheaper than the NW) capable of producing or in this case assembling planes in the south ( Mobile alabama) to get away from having all their peas in one pod..... |