On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:25:54 -0600, Billy wrote:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:s6dyj.56659$yE1.14950@attbi_s21:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/...eads_air_force
_tanker

Whooo-weee. The political feathers are gonna fly on *this* one.

Now we're outsourcing the military, too?

About time.

Bertie
At a time when Americans have few good paying jobs and little
manufacturing, of any sort left, this is a traitorous move.
The Boeing design would help stimulate our economy.
The Boeing design is actually better. Our Military didn't make a
Military decision. A political descision was made to buy the Euro crap.
As the dollar continues, to fall the cost, to us, will go up.

Lets see, we've got engines made in the US, assembly of the airframe
in Alabama, and avionics/support systems built by Northrop. Estimates
of 25,000 US jobs created by the program....how is that bad?

And, we add a new aircraft manufacturing facility to the US industrial
base thereby diversifying our production capability. Throw in an
economic binding to a necessary European consortium of allies for a
bonus.

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com