Who the hell are these morons making these decisions?
This all goes back to years ago. Rummy had concerns about Boeing 5 years ago. Boeing has been in delay after delay and I am still not sure if the Japanese have their air tanker yet. A lot of corruption charges and firings, but everyone still thought Boeing would get the contract.
The current tankers are from the Eisenhower epoch and some that were built back in the 80’s by MD I think. I think the Pentagon got tired of messing with Boeing and taking for granted they had the contract no matter what they did. Boeing still may have a shot at supplying a good part of the fleet if they ever get their stuff together.