The airforce has just given a 50-year multi-billion dollar contract to Grumman and EADS to provide a new generation of refueling tankers. As you know EADS is a European consortium that builds the Airbus. This means the loss of a few more thousand American jobs, as the airframe and other components will be sourced overseas.
Some might say this increases international cooperation and supports our allies. I see it as a further hollowing out of our industrial base. I find it hard to believe we can't build competitive aircraft to support our own military.
Apparently John McCain helped to push things in this direction.
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