By Diana Lucio Reporter
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Published: Wed, September 10, 2008 - 9:08 pm
Last Updated: Wed, September 10, 2008 - 9:28 pm
Diana Lucio
News Five spoke with two former Army servicemen who say another delay to rebuild the Air Force refueling tanker is a threat to our national security.
Jim Eubanks says while the Pentagon is too busy playing politics, the aging tanker could end up posing problems for the military. "If something happens and one of these planes comes down or can't make it up there because of mechanical difficulties we're not only going to lose the plane that carried the fuel, we're gonna lose the plane that needed the fuel to keep flying,"Said Eubanks.
Harry Smith agrees that a plan to rebuild the tanker is long overdue and could mean another tragedy like September 11th if the outdated tanker is kept in the air. "If one of these refueling tankers, one flies over one of our metropolitan areas, has problems, crashes, when it comes down and hits a metropolitan area it puts lives in jeopardy on the ground, plus the lives of the crew men on board,"Said Smith.
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the kc135 is a reliable aircraft, we have plenty of them, and they are safe. why dont we just muy more kc135s? the technology is still current and they can still perform the mission.