Three opinions on the AF tanker contest

The Air Force is 8 months or more away from awarding a multi-billion dollar tanker contract either to the Boeing Co. or to duo Northrop Grumman and EADS.

But contest generates plenty of opinion:

This cartoon, which likens Boeing’s tanker spin to balloon boy, from Alabama’s Press-Register.

This opinion piece, which argues that more weight should be given to U.S.-job creation, from the Wichita Eagle.

And an opinion piece, suggesting Airbus subsidies should be counted against the Northrop-EADS’ bid, by the Connecticut’s AFL-CIO president in the Hartford Courant.