Air Force eyes contractors for refueling

[unhappycamper]

Air Force eyes contractors for refueling
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jul 24, 2008 6:50:06 EDT

The Air Force will conduct a pilot program, beginning in fiscal 2012, to explore the option of using commercial “fee-for-service” aerial refueling services, according to testimony submitted to Congress by acting Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Gen. Norton Schwartz, who has been nominated to become chief of staff.

The Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will release a formal request for proposals from vendors as early as October, according to the testimony, and it will take an additional two years or more to choose participating vendors, allow them to design and execute their solutions and then begin the pilot program.

The pilot will run from fiscal 2012 through 2016.

The purpose of the program, according to a request for information released in February, is “to assess the feasibility and utility of incorporating commercial service provider(s) in Air Force operations long-term.”

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The commercial “fee-for-service” program is intended to augment the Air Force’s tanker capacity, not replace it.


Rest of article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/07/airforce_commercial_refueling_072308w/

[billyoc]

1. I wonder what happens to a stealth bomber with water in the fuel.

[unhappycamper]

2. ..

[Crowman1979]

3. Someone general up in the Pentagon must have received a good kickback...

...in order for this corruption to manifest.