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Saturday, June 13, 2009

USAF won't make same mistake on KC-X again
To avoid making the same mistakes that thwarted its attempts to buy a new aerial refueling tanker, the USAF has stepped up training, elevated oversight and reached out to outside experts for help.

"The bottom line is we have taken lessons from that very searing experience and we intend to be very much more rigorous here once the secretary of defense decides one, what the acquisition strategy will be and two, who will execute that strategy," Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz said.

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