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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Key House Chairman Backs Splitting the Air Force Tanker Contract, a Decision Mobile Was Watching Closely
Rep. Neil Abercrombie said he would push to split the Air Force’s aerial refueling tanker contract between Northrop Grumman-EADS and Boeing, a fight with enormous stakes for Mobile.