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USAF was (and I suspect still is, given KC-46) happy to go with Airbus, it was GAO[1][2] who intervened alleging corruption and mishandling to give Boeing the platter instead.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Accountability_Offi...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-X




Thanks for reminding me, this is such old history facts get fuzzy in my memory.

Not to say that Airbus military plane record is spot less, but the A330 MRTT seems to be a decent plane.

I hate to see Boeing having all these problems, most of which are totally unnecessary.




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