Perhaps the VH-71 program ain't as dead as "someone" posting on these pages would like others to think, but hey everything he said has proved right so far...
http://www.shephard.co.uk/rotorhub/D...3-42f614bd0bba
My apologies for a partially out of context entry, but dang! Boeing loses Air Force Tanker competition to EADS, aka the Airbus Consortium.
Chalk another one for the Euros I guess.
Perhaps the Mexicans and the Venezuelans can buy Boeing instead, to refuel their Sukhoi fighters.