Originally Posted by
navigatro
The problem is the USAF's acquisition system, and unreasonable requirements.
The USAF could have bought the existing 767 tanker and gotten a proven airframe/tanker for cheap, and it would have met 90%+ of the requirements.
Instead, they (USAF) insists on meeting 100% of requirements, regardless of cost or complexity.
It is not a nuclear warhead. The system has to change.
Then Congress will have to change it because most of it was inflicted on the military by them, and not just the USAF, ALL the services.