How tanker deal impacts Fairchild's 92nd Air Refueling Wing
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So, what now? We have a choice of 3. 1. The 767, imho the best tanker for the job, but deal with bad management practices. 2. The EADS tanker, a much larger airframe that we don't really need, and deal with having to pay to upgrade existing runways, ramps, and hangers for the larger size (would create more jobs, but unskilled labor instead of high tech). last and worst of all #3. buy a portion a of both tankers (see choices 1 and 2 for reasons) plus the logistics of having 2 airframes. We lose!
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The American taxpayer will lose a buttload of money on this contract and the sad thing is it is because the business practices of The Boeing Company and passed Air Force leadership. We would at this very moment in time have new tankers in the Air Force inventory. More than a dozen years back, instead of just selling the Air Force the new 767 tanker, Boeing wanted to lease them to the government. The whole deal was just eye candy for the average taxpayer, and would make money for Boeing VIPs.
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The last time I heard Fairchild AFB was going to be the first base to get the KC-45A. Now I'm hearing they may not get the new plane at all. What gives?
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hum... why not a modified 767 ?
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SitarMusic123. Boeing is struggling? Who said that? Boeing was more successful than Airbus last year. If you look at the details of this deal you will see that, not only is the new tanker assembled in the US by Americans at Northrop Grumman, N.G. will also build future civil A330 freighters too. The A330F looks set to be very successful so, in the long run, the US aviation industry has more to gain from this than if Boeing won. For example, if 500 A330Fs are ordered, the US assembles 500 A330Fs.
tjp353 4 years ago 6
No offense, but don't you think that the military should get the BETTER tanker? Congress would prefer the one that creates the most American jobs, preferably in their districts. The KC-45 will create plenty of American jobs... Besides, Boeing sources components globally too!
internetvideossuck 2 years ago 3