Originally Posted by
TBM-Legend
The EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45A was selected by the USAF as compliant to their then needs only to be torpedoed by the "Buy USA" brigade and now look at the mess. Very late and not yet 100% fit for purpose.
and of course the re-written spec would have been authored to ensure that "
the A330 MRTT doesn't meet the new mandatory USAF requirements - not even close".
IG