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Irish_Dem

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18. The manufacturers know how to game the system.

Reply to Deminpenn (Reply #16)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 04:54 AM

Mar 2025

A number of retired USAF officers become civilian AF procurement officers and you should hear the stories.
Spending millions of dollars on aircraft that take so long to be manufactured they are obsolete by the time
they come off the production line. If you complain to your boss about it you are fired.

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Trump picks Boeing over Lockheed for fighter jet contract [View all] Zorro Mar 2025 OP

How much did Boeing pay Trump to get the contract? Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #1

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that vig. dchill Mar 2025 #3

In this case, it was $1 million PSPS Mar 2025 #10

Lockheed did the same hardluck Mar 2025 #24

Boeing has said DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #7

Yes you are describing the fascist playbook quite well. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #22

Good Calls ID DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #27

.... Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #28

Denver DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #31

There are only 2, maybe 3, US military aircraft manufacturers Deminpenn Mar 2025 #16

The manufacturers know how to game the system. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #18

Having worked in DoD aircraft logistics, Deminpenn Mar 2025 #20

I am sure you do. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #23

Northrup? speak easy Mar 2025 #19

Yeah, forgot Northrup/Grumman Deminpenn Mar 2025 #21

It's Northrop Zorro Mar 2025 #30

General Dynamics isn't really in it any more. Angleae Mar 2025 #32

will it say Trump on the side? dem4decades Mar 2025 #2

The F-47 Rapist has a nice ring to it. n/t OnlinePoker Mar 2025 #8

FU-47 CaptainTruth Mar 2025 #13

Felon? thought crime Mar 2025 #15

Yeah, I was about to mention the "47" The Madcap Mar 2025 #26

It's not like the Turd is even capable of learning. Tarzanrock Mar 2025 #4

Boeing? Laffy Kat Mar 2025 #5

Think McDonnell-Douglas, not Boeing Deminpenn Mar 2025 #17

Of course. The goal is to harm America. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #6

Besides the fact DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #11

Boeing bribed trump with $1 million after he was elected. PSPS Mar 2025 #9

Why in the hell is this Trump's decision?!?!?!? CaptainTruth Mar 2025 #12

"We can't tell you the price." The tRump regime is corrupt by reflex. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #14

The bribing class makes the rules (NT) The Wizard Mar 2025 #25

Boeing Vs Lockheed designed fighter planes: EX500rider Mar 2025 #29