Shaheen Presses Top Air Force Officials On Development Of KC-46 Tanker For Pease AFB

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/04/shaheen-presses-top-air-force-officials-on-development-of-kc-46-tanker-for-pease-afb-video/

By NH Labor | April 10, 2014

Tanker Could Bring 100 New Jobs, Millions in Economic Investments to New Hampshire

(Washington, DC) – This morning U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) called on top U.S. Air Force officials to produce an updated projected timeline on the development of the next-generation KC-46A tanker to be based at Pease Air National Guard Base, an Air Force project that is estimated to create 100 jobs and invest millions in New Hampshire’s economy. Shaheen, who worked closely with the entire New Hampshire delegation to promote the selection of Pease to house the KC-46A tanker, sought an update on the KC-46A development process from Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh III.

“The importance of having a base with Pease’s capabilities to support the U.S. Air Force and its work around the world cannot be overstated,” Shaheen said. “The Air Force’s commitment to continued and timely development of the KC-46 project at Pease is critical to our national security and I’ll continue working with federal officials on the timely completion of this project.”

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[cachukis]

1. Dug

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. Dam strait, cuz 100 military jobs are soooooooo much

more important than investing in

Schools
Infrastructure
Science

Yeah, let's sign on for 100 military based jobs!


Not.

[swilton]

3. The program is

supposed to be worth $52B.....


http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2014/03/report-boeing-s-kc-46a-tanker-costs-keep-rising.html

One hundred jobs for a $52 Billion investment seems very chintzy, unless of course we're going to make millionaires out of 100 lucky NH residents.

I would rather see the money invested in health care, public education or programs to mitigate global warming. Furthermore, for what threat are we building these fighter aircraft that requires such expensive tankers? I haven't seen the Mujahideen or Venezuelans flying any fighter aircraft of late.....Oops, I forgot! We might have a new Cold War ongoing with the Russians.

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