“More passengers, more cargo, more fuel offload, more patients that we can carry, more availability, more flexibility and more dependability,” Gen. Arthur Lichte, the commander of the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, said of the Northrop Grumman-EADS KC-45A tanker.
It's really ridiculous. I can certainly see wanting combat aircraft to be a totally domestic production, but for what is basically an airliner with extra fuel tanks, I don't see a legitimate argument against foreign production.
The really funny part is that the bidding was opened up after Congress nixed the Pentagon's plan to subsidize Boeing by renting tankers from them at truly exorbitant rates.
no subject
“More passengers, more cargo, more fuel offload, more patients that we can carry, more availability, more flexibility and more dependability,” Gen. Arthur Lichte, the commander of the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, said of the Northrop Grumman-EADS KC-45A tanker.
It's really ridiculous. I can certainly see wanting combat aircraft to be a totally domestic production, but for what is basically an airliner with extra fuel tanks, I don't see a legitimate argument against foreign production.
The really funny part is that the bidding was opened up after Congress nixed the Pentagon's plan to subsidize Boeing by renting tankers from them at truly exorbitant rates.