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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Sessions Takes the Senate Floor to Defend Alabama Workers and the Mobile Tanker Bid
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions used a Senate floor speech to answer a colleague’s slight against Alabama workers and to argue that the Pentagon had rewritten the aerial tanker bid rules against the aircraft that would be built at Brookley.
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Mobile Officials Looked Ahead After 2008 Air Tanker Contract Win
After Northrop Grumman and EADS won the 2008 Air Force tanker contract, Mobile officials described expected long-term change and construction planning.
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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.