Originally Posted by 1279shp
...after a two-year study by the non-profit RAND Corporation on ways to upgrade the US fleet of 531 KC-135 tankers.
RAND found there were a number of "competitive, medium-to-large, commercial derivative aircraft that can fulfill" Defense Department needs, a Pentagon memorandum said.
Good job they're non-profit, I must say - how long would they have strung out the study if there was real cash involved given that it took 2 years to confirm ursine arboreal habits?
