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Pentagon Will Give ‘Extra Credit’ for Fuel Offloading Capacity in Revived Tanker Competition

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Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic The Defense Department yesterday issued a new draft request for proposals (RFP) to build the Air Force's refueling tanker aircraft fleet and said it plans to give "positive consideration" for the ability to offload fuel in excess of the Air Force's threshold requirement for the capability. "It was always our intention to give positive consideration for the amount of fuel offload above threshold," Shay Assad, the department's director of procurement and acquisitions policy, said during a press…

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