Boeing wins US Govt contract to supply 100 B767 tankers
 

Boeing lands $21bn tanker deal

The contract means jobs saved in Washington state
Aircraft maker Boeing has won a controversial contract to lease 100 tanker aircraft to the Pentagon.
Boeing, whose performance has suffered from the slump to hit the global aviation industry over the past three years, stands to earn $21bn over the course of the contract.

The 100 Boeing 767s will be built and modified at Boeing's works in the north-western state of Washington, allowing the US Air Force to speed up the retirement of its current fleet of refuelling tankers, whose average age is 43.

Some in Congress have criticised the deal, including Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, who has called it a disguised handout to Boeing.

He and other opponents have repeatedly delayed the deal, in unhappiness at the decision to lease rather than buy the aircraft.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2933600.stm

Whereas the ex-BA 767-336ERs which TTSC is proposing to operate for the RAF as tankers under the FSTA programme will be about 21 years old if they were to enter RAF service in around 2011.....

Hmmmmmm!!!!!......Well I guess if the US government can't convince other countries to buy Boeing then the only option left is for them to buy the aircraft themselves. The financial handout can be disguised in an inflated deal.

Have a nice day