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To: 2CAVTrooper
I find it funny how Boeing can claim over 75 years of tanker experience when the last one they delivered was 45 years ago.

You seem to be forgetting the KC-10s (now also Boeing) and the KC-767ATs delivered. And your ignoring of the intervening years of maintenance and support is rather dishonest.

What was especially devastating to EADs was their inability to commit to a two year time line to stand up a support system. Boeing had no problem.

192 posted on 07/16/2008 10:47:12 AM PDT by Paul Ross (Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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To: Paul Ross
You seem to be forgetting the KC-10s (now also Boeing)

That was the previous US Tanker competition that Boeing lost, that time to McDonnell-Douglas. It was MD that designed and built the KC-10's boom, thereby shooting down the myth that "only Boeing" can build a boom.

Going all the way back to the initial KC-135 purchase, Boeing has never won a US tanker competition. The KC-135 was sole sourced, and Boeing lost the ACTA competition to MD and their KC-10.

193 posted on 07/16/2008 3:39:23 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: Paul Ross

The KC-10 was not a Boeing design. They bought the rights to it when they merged with MD.

And there has not been a single KC-767AT delivered because the KC-767AT doesn’t even exist yet.

Maintenance and support is not the same as BUILDING tankers.

No, Boeing has a problem with delivering aircraft on time. Maybe if there wasn’t a 2+ year delay then they’d MAYBE have more than just 2 customers.


213 posted on 07/17/2008 8:49:25 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats: Supporting America's enemies since 1824)
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