Originally Posted by
flighthappens
FWIU a lot was paid for in penalty clauses by EADS because of late MRTT delivery.
We had to retire the B707s. We needed to free up the manpower to implement the MRTT. Like with the E-7A, we were the lead customer, both platforms cost us serious money to get to IOC. Going cutting edge has problems and costs, as I think both platforms are at the top of the game. As is this topics P-8