Alabama lawmakers supporting the Northrop Grumman-EADS tanker team today called the draft request for proposals for the Air Force's next-generation aerial refueler "tilted toward Boeing" and severely flawed. "It's not a level playing field. I believe it's a sham and this is not the way to procure anything out of the Pentagon," Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) said during a briefing this afternoon with the majority of Alabama's congressional delegation at his side. Shelby and the other lawmakers' comments come as...
