[kennyboy509]

I was about to scold you by telling you that we should be buying an American Built airplane.

I then realised that Boeing Airplanes have 90% of their parts from all over the world. It would not be an American airplane after all.

I guess you have a point.

[AFreeBird]

Are you saying that if, in a time of war, Boeing couldn't pull production back into the states? They do actually build planes here you know.

EADS on the other hand is, for the most part, in France. I want American Military strategic assets to come from an American company with the ability, if needed, to fully design and build said asset here.

Now both Gruman and Northrop are two American companies that had long and storied histories of designing and building aircraft right here in the US of A. Very fine aircraft. And if they wanted to design and build their very own tanker to bid on the AF tanker contract, I think that would be great.

But slapping the NG name in front of EADS and bidding a European aircraft is not the same thing.

[tgusa]

Thanks! I personally am sick of all the political maneuvers while the USAF is flying tankers dating to the Eisenhower administration.