CBO: USAF tanker lease would cost up to $2B more than a purchase

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Aug. 26 that the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) proposal to lease 100 Boeing KC-767A tanker aircraft would cost $1.3 billion to $2 billion more than a purchase. In a letter to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Don Nickles (R-Okla.), CBO disagreed with the Air Force...

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