Defense conferees ban Boeing AF tanker lease
In a compromise $447 billion fiscal 2005 defense authorization bill, House and Senate conferees prohibited the U.S. Air Force from leasing aerial refueling tankers from Boeing Co., gave the Department of Defense authority to move ahead with base closures and approved a watered-down version of the...
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