From: Doc Scheffler (roughdoc@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 03:53:18 PDT
S&S was created specifically to bid on this contract. When the "won" it,
they had to create assembly facilities, etc. They buy lots of parts from
lots of suppliers.
The C-141 issue is dead. There are almost no 141's left in the inventory.
The C-130 issue is bizarre. The entire family is such crap, that they made
a version specifically for the airdrop mission. The LMTV (2 1/2 ton
version) has one model that is toughened up to withstand the airdrop
process.
Doc
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