That is one awesome load of undiluted codswallop.
If the Europeans swallow their pride, and buy American military-transport planes, then maybe the U.S. Air Force could stifle its own protectionist urges and award a much-disputed $40 billion contract for aerial-refueling tankers to EADS and its U.S. partner, Northrop Grumman Corp.
Errrm... the USAF already did that.
No wonder people talk about the A400M as a nightmare. Nick Witney, a former director of the European Defense Agency, calls it a disaster.
Strong words. The trouble is that it's the opposite of what he said.
“If it doesn’t proceed to producing an aircraft, it will be a catastrophe,” he said.