Re Boeing: NPR did a story about it last night, including some interviews in Mobile, Alabama: people literally in tears, including the mayor. Here's a little NPR blog about it: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/02/24/134035927/usaf-picks-boeing-to-build-tankers-35-billion-contract The current tankers are from the Eisenhower era, for gosh sakes! How many years has this whole decision process taken? Ridiculous.