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"UNITED AND
STAND TOGETHER" BOEING KC-767
TANKER "MUST PROCURED AND SUSTAIN"
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Boeing,
Northrop cite Air Force errors
Boeing (KC-767
Tanker) vs Airbus (KC-30) Table 1
Fuction
Boeing
KC-767
Airbus
KC-30
Fuel
Efficiency
Saves 27 percent
27
percent heavier than Boeing's and burns a ton more fuel per
flight hour
IFARA
(Integrated Fleet Aerial Refueling Assessment)
1.79
1.90
Air
Refueling (Primary Mission)
21
7
Operational
Utility
37
10
Survivability
24
5
Other
systems Requirements (Extra Benefits/Features)
4
2
Airlift
Secondary Mission Cargo /PAX/Aeromed
8
5
Product
Support (Maintainability)
4
1
Operational
Utility (Real World Operations)
37
10
Air
Force Identified Positive Discriminators
98
NG/EADS
30
Air
Force Identified Weaknesses
1
NG/EADS
5
Number
of Airfield
811
(doubled)
408
Tanker
Experience
75
years
0
year
Certified
Yes
No
Fifth
Generation Air Refueling Boom
Yes
No
On
Schedule to Deliver Remaining 2 Aircraft to Japan
Yes
NA
Multi-mission
Aircraft
Yes
-
Refuel
Capability V-22
Yes
NO
Boom
Experience
Yes
NO
Hot Links and
Sources :
Date
Congress/Official's
Name/ETC.
Title
Monday,
May 19,2008 Senator
Maria Cantwell Cantwell
Calls on Secretary Gates to Fully Disclose All Additional Costs
May
12, 2008 Senator
Patty Murray Asking
the Pentagon Why they Didn't Pick the Safest Possible Tanker for
the American Warfighter
Wednesday,
May 7, 2008 Senator
Patty Murray Tankers:
Washington, Kansas Senators Question Joint Chiefs on Why the Safest
Tanker for the American Warfighter Was Not Chosen
Monday,
February 4, 2008 Senator
Sam Brownback OP-ED:
Boeing is Best Tanker
Tuesday,
March 25,2008 Senator
Maria Cantwell Prompted
by Air Force's Northrop Grumman/EADS Decision, Cantwell Raises
Questions About National Security Impact of the High Cost of Fuel
and Need to Maintain Critical Skills in U.S.
May
8, 2008 Senator
Pat Roberts Senator
Roberts: Kansas and Washington Senators Question Joint Chiefs
of Staff on Tanker Decision
Wednesday,
March 5, 2008 Senator
Sam Brownback Bipartisan
Group of Senators Blast Tanker Deal
March,
2008 Senator
Pat Roberts Floor
Speech on Tanker Decision
Tuesday,
March 11, 2008 Senator
Sam Brownback Brownback
Supports Boeing Protest of Air Force Decision in Tanker Deal
March
4th, March 10th, and April 24, 2008 Governor
Chris Gregoire Statement / Senator Patty Murray and Washington
State Senate's Letter Month
of May and June Tributed to the Tax Payers (Governor Chris
Gregoire / Washington State Senate's Letter )
May
22, 2008 The
Boeing Company Boeing
KC-767 Tanker: Capability Where it Counts
March
10, 2008 The
Boeing Company Boeing
to File Protest of U.S. Air Force Tanker Contract Award
The
Boeing Company KC-767
Advanced Tanker A New Era for Air Refueling: Quick Links:
February,
29, 2008 Catch4all.com KC-45
Don't Deserve to Pay by The Tax Payers
January
20th, 2008 Catch4all.com The
global market continues distorting by The Airbus - EU Subsidies
for Large Commercial Aircraft (1)
January
7, 2006 Catch4all.com SKY
Wars Europe Vs. America
6
October 2004 WTO
European
Communities — Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft
May
20, 2005 Chicago
Tribune Arming
for trade war Boeing sleuths seek proof of improper subsidies
to Airbus
May
25, 2008 Catch4all.com Why
KC-767 Tanker?
May
22, 2008
State
Senator Gary LeBeau
Deputy
Majority Leader
Chair:
Commerce: Transportation Boding Sbcommitee
LeBeau
and the Connecticut Legislature Ask President Bush to Protect
Connecticut Jobs, National Security Review of mid-air refueling
tanker contract could save 5,000 jobs, $40 billion
May
14, 2008 Office
of the Governor (Kansas) Parkinson,
colleague raise concerns over decision to outsource tankers
California Boeing
KC-767 tanker win would aid California economy
Wednesday,
December 12, 2007 Governor
Culver Governor
Culver Supports Air Force's Refueling Aircraft Contract To Boeing,
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
