But, I have this feeling that either Boeing, or EADS/NG, will protest the contract award with the GAO. I have no respect for those of either company that go crying when they don’t win, or think their product is exactly what the USAF needs, even if the USAF doesn’t know that. That is why I mentioned the CSAR-X program. The protest there by Lockheed/Martin has cost the warfighter valuable time in getting a new weapons system. So, don’t tell me that LM supports the troops.

tssssst my america, this is from a airfighter war room.

For America
here’s more For American,They have also decided to use a different boom (Gen 6), wing and centre systems than the Italy and Japan 767 aircraft. So all the flight testing to date for the 767 tanker is basically useless for the USAF contract.

mseek1234, some are already calling it the boeing frankentanker.

No, the KC 767 will just malfunction or crash-isn’t what they are good for-yard debris? Let’s see how well those babies are put together in Mexico!

Posted by For America , i think you are chinese.

Posted by For America , now i posted the information for you yesterday, it showed you do not know what you are talking about.

A military pilot may need to accomplish a dramatic maneuver to avoid anti-aircraft artillery or a missile shot — and in an Airbus aircraft, the computer physically restricts a maneuver that is outside the parameters established by lines of code in a computer program.

I cannot imagine a computer limiting a maneuver before the desired effect was obtained. There will be no such limits on the KC-767. The pilot will have full authority over the aircraft.

I talked to my sister in North August, South Caroline.  She’s heard nothing about this.  We need to get the rest of the country envolved especially the Gulf Coast.  The influx of jobs (American Jobs!) would really help those displaced by Katrina.  This is exactly the shot in the arm this area needs.  Come on Washington you have enough (Mircosoft & Boeing) don’t be glutens!

Shubunkin , redstone is up there could be he does not want to comment.

Yesterday I asked my brother in Huntsville what he thought about it, and he said he really hadn’t heard enough about it to form an opinion. I need to send him some information.