For Today's OOPS File: Substantial Piece of Refueling Boom Falls Off EADS Tanker

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unhappycamper summary of this article: I sure hope they get these boom secured before we buy them. :crazy:






Substantial Piece of Refueling Boom Falls Off EADS Tanker

This is the same boom, and according to EADS officials almost the exact same airplane, that’s being offered as the KC-45 in the U.S. Air Force’s $35 billion KC-X contest. It did its first wet refueling with another airplane in 2008, although it has yet to enter service anywhere.