> the Air Force would never accept Airbus-based tankers or AWACS platforms should Boeing go under.
Really? Because the Airbus A330 MRTT originally won the KC-X competition (before Boeing filed a challenge):
> The USAF issued the KC-X request for proposal in January 2007,[2] then selected the Northrop Grumman/EADS team and their Airbus A330 MRTT-based tankers in February 2008.[3]
Really? Because the Airbus A330 MRTT originally won the KC-X competition (before Boeing filed a challenge):
> The USAF issued the KC-X request for proposal in January 2007,[2] then selected the Northrop Grumman/EADS team and their Airbus A330 MRTT-based tankers in February 2008.[3]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-X