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Gates Delays $40B Air Force Tanker Contract

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 thanks for the link [Former Spook] Dr. White.

Posted by Red Dawg ">Red Dawg 2008-09-11 06:49|| 2008-09-11 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Old Spook's being a bit tough on Gates for kicking the can. Gates is removing the tanker issue from the election, not a bureaucratic decision, but a pretty savvy political one.

Posted by Perfesser 2008-09-11 10:11|| 2008-09-11 10:11|| Front Page Top

#3 "the next administration"

That would be McCain; Boeing's worst nightmare.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-09-11 10:59|| 2008-09-11 10:59|| Front Page Top

#4 WA state's Congresscritters are all saying this is good for Boeing. It gives them time to analyze the 'nes and revised' specs. Seems to me that if the USAF really needed the tankers they would have resubmitted the same specs, so that leads me to belive this is just window dressing before they pick Airbust.
Boeing didn't do itself any good when they didn't set up a second team to do a 777-sized bird.

And 787 tankers are way down the list, don't even think about them, as told to me by more than one Boeing insider.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-09-11 14:02|| 2008-09-11 14:02|| Front Page Top

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