This one is so easy that it has to escape both the Pentagon and the GAO. It comes down to Who Can You Trust in a time of global crisis. Can we trust Europe, where Airbus is a government-subsidized welfare program, not to embargo parts and other support to Airbus tankers used to help the U.S. fight a war that the Europeans don't like?
Did France let us overfly their territory when we struck Libya?
The answers to both questions is "No."
Imagine a scenario where we have to fight an ally of Russia. We start to fight, Russia says to Europe that they'll shut off their oil pipeline if they provide any support at all, including parts for Airbus tankers and other European-built weapons. What do you think Europe would choose to do? No gas, no heat, no hot water for a whole continent . . .
There are any number of other scenarios that you, o reader of this blog, can imagine for yourselves. Many.
Really, this is a no-brainer. Why not buy Boeing tankers? Better aircraft, made here, supported here by red-blooded Americans.
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