2008 Tanker Selection Prompted Plans for Brookley Construction
Archived WKRG coverage detailed initial plans for construction and jobs at Brookley Field after the 2008 tanker-contract selection.
Behind Mobile’s Excitement Over the New Airplane Plant, a Familiar History of Waiting for Saviors
As Mobile celebrates a major new aerospace plant, some longtime observers are urging caution, pointing to a long history of the city pinning its hopes on outside projects — from…
Mobile Wins the Contract: Air Force Awards $40 Billion Tanker Deal to Northrop Grumman-EADS Team
Archived coverage tracing Mobile's 2008 tanker saga from anticipation to the Air Force's $40 billion award to Northrop Grumman/EADS, bringing KC-30 assembly to Brookley Field.
Mobile Watched Possibility of a Split Tanker Contract in 2008
Archived WKRG coverage explored the possibility of a split Air Force tanker contract as Mobile awaited the 2008 decision.
New Chancellor Bradley Byrne Sees Better Days Ahead for Bishop State and the Two-Year System
Chancellor Bradley Byrne said Alabama's community colleges were living through the best of times and the worst of times, promising accountability while laying out plans for new Bishop State campuses…
Shelby Vowed to Block Union Card-Check Bill, Citing Alabama’s Factories
Pointing to Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai and the new EADS facility in Mobile, Alabama's senior senator said he had cosigned a letter with enough signatures to stop the Employee Free Choice…
Shelby Presses Senate to Restore Funding for Tanker That Could Be Built in Mobile
Alabama's senior senator warned a Senate defense panel in July 2006 that cutting $203.9 million from the KC-135 tanker replacement program would delay a contract that could bring aircraft work…
EADS Selects Mobile for Advanced Tanker Production Facility
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby applauded EADS North America's decision to make Mobile the site of its KC-330 advanced tanker production facility, capping a five-month search.