“It isn’t a government subsidy if you get a product for the money.”
It IS a government subsidy if the money is spent to keep the production line of an OBSOLETE aircraft running.
Boeing has been talking for years about closing the 767 line to concentrate on 787 production IF there were no orders for the 767 to fill beyond 2007. UPS ordered a bunch of freighters, so now the projected line closure is in 2015.
So the USAF would be subsidizing the A330 production line after the A350 comes out.
In reality the commercially successful 767 (almost 1000 units built) will be subsidizing the USAF, who will get a protein airframe and not have to pay the full development cost (about $10B in current dollars).
UPS ordered a bunch of freighters, so now the projected line closure is in 2015
Yep they canceled there Airbust orders smart customer.
as for Tanker Blogs Wars no they are not funded by Boeing they are independent. They are FOr a American Airplane that can do the Job as requested in the RFP not a turd that cannot IE KC-30 a330MRTT. which has many issues that make it not a useable tanker.