Re: Airbus tankers for USAF?

"Henry J. Cobb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Tarver Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > 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. ;-)

The anouncement today that the OSP (space plane) is delayed potentially
pulls another $13 billion out of Southern California.