Air Force awards $35 billion air refueling tanker contract to Boeing!!

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http://www.suntimes.com/business/39...-air-refueling-tanker-contract-to-boeing.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force said Thursday it has awarded a $35 billion contract to build the next generation of air refueling planes to Chicago-based Boeing Co., delivering a major economic boost to Washington state and Kansas and likely ending nearly a decade-long struggle to replace its fleet of Eisenhower-era tanker aircraft.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Suckers :laugh2:

 

[Seven]

Only 35 billion? What happened to 'cash for clunkers'?

 

[casmith07]

Nothing will ever surpass the KC-135 Stratotanker.

 

[adbutcher]

Nothing will ever surpass the KC-135 Stratotanker.

Those old birds have done their time, now it is time for them to be put to rest.

 

[ologan]

Those old birds have done their time, now it is time for them to be put to rest.

Like the Boeing B-52?

 

[big dog cowboy]

All I can say is.......


YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Reports are of this creating 7200 high paying jobs here in Kansas. Not exactly sure how much this work I will personally see, but this is good for business either way.

Everyone around here just wants there to be no appeal by EADS.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Nothing will ever surpass the KC-135 Stratotanker.

I still see some old tooling from that tanker from time to time around the building I work.

 

[Aikmaniac]

Nothing will ever surpass the KC-135 Stratotanker.

Yep, those 707's still look great after all these years. Still do a great job too.

The 767's should do a great job too.

 

[big dog cowboy]

The 767's [strike]should[/strike] will do a great job too.

Absolutely correct.

 

[adbutcher]

All I can say is.......


YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Reports are of this creating 7200 high paying jobs here in Kansas. Not exactly sure how much this work I will personally see, but this is good for business either way.

Everyone around here just wants there to be no appeal by EADS.

They can't successfully contest the decision because we beat their proposal by more than 1%.

EADS will be waisting their time and money...It is a done deal.

When I was there during the first RFPs, we staffed up to about 3500. This is good news for Boeing and the US.

 

[Aikmaniac]

Absolutely correct.

They did do an excellent job during the short-lived JSTARS project.