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Mike[_7_]
October 19th 06, 09:39 PM
Modernizing the Aerial Refueling Fleet.
Lexington Institute.
http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/aerialrefueling.pdf
Henry J Cobb
October 20th 06, 02:35 AM
Mike wrote:
> Modernizing the Aerial Refueling Fleet.
> Lexington Institute.
> http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/aerialrefueling.pdf
I see they have a response to all that money the Navy spent on those 
Super Horror airborne tankers.
 > F/A-18EFs and their highly trained crews “for aerial refueling
 > rather than combat is seen as a sub-optimization of a scarce and
 > valuable resource.”
-Page 9
 > A plan to lease tankers to fill the gap was announced in 2002. It
 > later died,
-Page 1.
More like killed by corporate stupidity, corruption and greed.
Was this report sponsored by Boeing?
-HJC
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