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So why did Boeing really lose Air Force tanker contract?
Warning: McClatchy news group, salt required.
WASHINGTON – It was a question that had been whispered around Capitol Hill corridors in the days following the Air Force’s selection of a European plane rather than a Boeing one to replace the nation’s fleet of aging aerial refueling tankers.

Rep. Norm Dicks finally asked it. “Some people are saying Boeing was arrogant, discourteous?” the Belfair Democrat asked Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne.

“All my dealings with Boeing were objective and professional,” Wynne responded.

Wynne didn’t elaborate. Dicks didn’t press.

At congressional hearings over the past two weeks, Wynne and other Air Force officials defended the $35 billion tanker contract, insisting the competition was fair, open and legal. But plenty of questions remain unanswered about how Boeing lost a contract it was heavily favored to win.

Posted by: 2008-03-17
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