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The aerospace community is abuzz today trying to puzzle out what the forced resignations of Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley will mean to Air Force procurement policies.
Boeing, of course, is hoping new leadership at the Air Force will somehow have a change of heart about awarding the $40 billion contract for new airborne tankers to an Airbus consortium.
Washington Sen. Patty Murray, the chief standard bearer for Boeing's 767-based tanker in Congress, said the resignations could be significant.
"For months the Air Force has stonewalled Congress and the American people in answering basic questions about the tanker decision. Now, on the eve of the GAO ruling, the administration has expressed a lack of confidence in the decision-making and leadership of the Air Force's top officials."
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is scheduled to rule on Boeing's appeal of the tanker contract on June 19.
In the meantime, the Economic Policy Institute says its new study of the tanker contract shows that contracting with Boeing instead of the Northrop-Airbus group will create 14,000 more U.S. jobs.
Northrop and Airbus' parent company, EADS, will base their tanker on the Airbus A330 commercial airliner. Much of that tanker will be made in Europe, but final assembly will be in a new plant in Mobile, Ala.
Boeing's proposed tanker would be based on its 767 jet made in Everett and modified in Wichita, Kan.
EPI estimated that the Boeing tanker would contain 75 to 84 percent U.S. content while the Northrop-Airbus tanker would contain 50 to 60 percent U.S. content.
