As Mobile fumed over one senator’s slight, a Kansas congressman kept up his own campaign against the Airbus-built tanker, accusing supporters of the aircraft of blackmailing the Air Force.
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Air Force Concedes Cost-Estimate Error That Had Favored Boeing in Tanker Fight
The U.S. Air Force admitted a cost-calculation error that had favored Boeing in the tanker contract evaluation, adding a new twist to a dispute with direct stakes for a proposed Northrop Grumman/EADS assembly line at Mobile’s Brookley Field.