Re: Airbus tankers for USAF?

Remember the first round of BRAC??? Dellums and Feinstein pissed
everyone off so much for years that the commission closed down the
whole Bay Area!! I would hope that Boxers' name never even comes close
to the BRAC equation during the next round........

On 1 Dec 2003 21:19:50 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Henry J. Cobb) wrote:

>"Tarver Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Completing those tankers at Palmdale would draw quite a bit of political
>> support; Boxer needs to save her job.
>
>And Bush will save her?
>
>Boeing, Boeing, gone
>http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2260617
>
>OK, if by 2010 the Super Hornet is the last tanker platform left in
>the US Military, will they put a refueling probe on the front of the
>B2? (I suppose the Marines will have some KC-130Js also if the Air
>Force can't buy any more tankers. ;-)
>
>-HJC