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Old 21st Jun 2008, 13:29
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Lee Norberg
 
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KC-45A

Meanwhile, the KC-135 soldiers on and on and on...

Well Folks,

I'll say it right up front- my employer is Northrop Grumman in Bethpage, NY (and for those who remember- Grumman Aerospace) and the Division here heads up the E-2C/D, EA-6B and now EA-18G.

Forget about my partisan feeling for the KC-45A, it's the men and women of the USAF who are flying these 50+ year old KC-135's admirably in their
tanking capacity that really counts.

They and the USAF Air Mobility Command are being hurt by this politicking and job issues so that invariably a delay of one to two years has now injected to the schedule. What a shame this has been!

Lee Norberg
Oakdale, NY
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