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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
EADS North America KC-45 demonstrates critical Air Force aerial refueling requirement
EADS North America announced today that the company has demonstrated, in flight, that its offering in the KC-X tanker competition fully satisfies the U.S. Air Force requirement for high fuel offload rate via the refueling boom system – the only tanker in the competition to do so.
“Our tanker has proven that it can refuel other aircraft at a rate of 1,200 gallons per minute, which is a critical requirement the Air Force has set forth for its tanker,” said EADS North America Chairman Ralph D. Crosby, Jr., during a meeting with reporters at the annual Air Force Association conference outside Washington, D.C.
“We aren’t just making claims about what the KC-45 can do, we are demonstrating it in the air every day,” Crosby said. “And 48,000 Americans are ready to start building the KC-45 here in the U.S.”
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I have to say yeah it looks pretty, and even though it might be 80% American Made it is still assembled by some european poop that is going to Steal the profit from for itself and the European Union. I say steal because they were given billions to develop and produce these crafts and have been granted a Screw it dont pay it gesture by all is foriegn Government investor. The WTO is there for a reason but too bad they arenot enforcing their own regulations. SCREW the Airbuss I'll keep the MD KC-10 or Boeing KC-767 Built and Assemnled In America With American Parts. Let the French, Brits, Spannish, and the Germans take delivery of what they have already paid for in illegal aid to Airbus. And let them try to start WWNAM again so we can have the pride in saying "Don't Mess With The U.S. of A"
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