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Boeing's latest hits low for the race to KC-X tanker airplane, the largest military contract in history

Washington, USA - Bids expires today, Seattle plays on parochialism, EADS replied in kind

"Oh no! Fair play!", cried the virtual referee, in an old arcade game, shocked every time you reaped bad an opponent's ankles on the football field. If that referee were here today for the race for the new U.S. Air Force KC-X tanker, now he'd be screaming more and badder (!) than "Full Metal Jacket"'s Sergeant Hartman! The target of those insults - in this case - would be Boeing. The American...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1119004
Rome, Italy, 07/09/2010 18:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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