It Is Time For The Pentagon To Clean Up This Gargantuan Tanker Mess

Credit: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CONCEPT
The convulsed, multiyear saga of the U.S. Air Force’s attempt to field a modern fleet of refueling tankers seems to have come full circle. It started in 2002 with Boeing winning an agreement to lease aircraft to the Air Force without having to compete for business valued at billions of dollars, then...

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