Re: Airbus tankers for USAF?

"Matt Wiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>   "Tarver Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >"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."
> >>
> >>
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>http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/12013w
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> >Completing those tankers at Palmdale would draw
> >quite a bit of political
> >support; Boxer needs to save her job.
> >
> >
>   Yes, but still, the Not Invented Here syndrome kicks in: The AF (and the
> rest of DOD) would prefer to buy a product marked "Made in USA" unless
there
> is no other choice. (B-57 Canberra and AV-8 Harrier are obvious
examples)Even
> a proposed Tornado Wild Weasel that would've been built at Rockwell
International's
> Palmdale plant would have run into this problem.

With a 50% offset, it is argueable that the airplanes are American.