Re: Airbus tankers for USAF?

"noname" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>   As of last week, Lockheed Martin and EADS, majority owner of Airbus,
> were assembling a tanker proposal that would give Lockheed a 50% offset,
> according to the Air Force official. "[Airbus] clearly will jump on this
> as an opportunity to compete not only on subsequent buys, but also to
> take another whack at the first 100 since Boeing and the Air Force are
> arguing over whether there's supposed to be one contract or two.
> [Airbus] will come back with a sweetened deal."
>
>
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/12013wna.xml

Completing those tankers at Palmdale would draw quite a bit of political
support; Boxer needs to save her job.