Airbus tankers for USAF?

"Matt Wiser" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote:

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International's
Palmdale plant would have run into this problem.

With a 50% offset, it is argueable that the
airplanes are American.


Built in the U.S. is one thing. DESIGNED and BUILT in the U.S. is
something
else altogether.

Congress tried to spoon feed the program to Boeing, but this repeatedly
shooting yourself in the foot is likely to advantage Lockheed. Besides
that, the 7E7 has an offset to Thales.

Another proposed offset-Lockheed Martin is involved with
a proposed U.S. version of the EH-101 helo as a backup to the V-22 if that
fails; Sikorsky's S-92 would be the front-runner for that prospect, even
if EH-101 met or exceeded refquirements, NIH still is a factor in the
final
decision. And that syndrome is very hard to cure.

BAE systems has a 30% offset of the F-35. I don't believe what you are
claiming is true in a globalized world. Odly enough, we may build F-22s to
counter Eurofighters, while refueling them with EU tankers.