since "they" have never built such a plane how can you say it's better, when the Boeing refueler now in service has gone 2 decades past it's replacement date.
There is nothing better than to have american airman refueling american fighters from an american Built ( not assembled ) aircraft, especially in this day and age of economic woes
Having flown on both Boeing planes and Airbus - Airbus is nothing but a rickety bucket of bolts. I truly thought the thing would crash before we got to our destination. The wings were rusty, and the rivets were popping out on the wings. This was a fairly new plane, too!