TANKER CONTRACT WOULD BENEFIT ENTIRE STATE
April 14, 2008
April 14, 2008
WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The office of Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following column:
On February 28, in a decision that had major implications for Mississippi's economy, the Air Force announced it had awarded a $40 billion contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS North America to build 179 aerial refueling tankers. The tankers, which would be assembled in Mobile, Alabama, would create up to 2,000 new jobs on the Gulf Coast, many of which would be filled by Mississippia . . .
On February 28, in a decision that had major implications for Mississippi's economy, the Air Force announced it had awarded a $40 billion contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS North America to build 179 aerial refueling tankers. The tankers, which would be assembled in Mobile, Alabama, would create up to 2,000 new jobs on the Gulf Coast, many of which would be filled by Mississippia . . .