Air Force to make tanker announcement shortly
Published 1:51 pm Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The Air Force will hold at press conference at 2 p.m., PST, about its aerial refueling tanker contest.
EADS had asked for an extension of the May 10 bid deadline. Boeing plans to offer a tanker based off its 767 jet.
The contract is to replace 179 Eisenhower-era KC-135 tankers.
