TAnchorman Exclusive Report

On his blog, TAnchorman has an exclusive report on EADS's comments about the recent GAO ruling that the Air Force tanker contract decision had numerous errors.

He also has a first look at the Air Force's reaction to the GAO's findings and its recommendation that the contract be rebid.

TAnchorman Announces Winning Tanker Name

We would like to direct our readers to TAnchorman's Blog as he has breaking news on the Name the Tanker Contest.

Thank you all for participating. It was a hard fought campaign, but the people have spoken and a winner has been declared.

KC-30 Naming Contest Finalists Announced

On his blog, TAnchorman has just released the official nose art for the KC-30 and he has announced the finalists in the name the KC-30 contest.

All visitors are asked to vote for their favorite name by noon on 16 June.

News Team 4 Special Report

Please visit TAnchorman's site where Brian Fantana has an investigative report on location in Dresden Germany about EADS's first tanker.

Also, we are sorry to announce that the News Team 4 did not win the CNBC Fake Blog contest. That high honor went to Fake Angelo Mozilo.

In fact, News Team 4 was disqualified as the WTO ruled late in the completion that TAnchorman had received an illegal wardrobe subsidy from Armani to develop his next generation leisure suit.

We would like to publicly thank Jane Wells for nominating the team as a finalist and apologize profusely for TAnchorman's gross breach of ethics.

Vote for TAnchorman

TAnchorman and News Team 4 have been selected as one of the finalist for the Fake Blog contest at Jane Wells' Funny Money site at CNBC. We congratulate them on this high honor as it is a testament to their stellar in-depth reporting on the tanker issue.

Please take the time to vote for TAnchorman and the team at CNBC Funny Money. Vote early and often as the polls close Friday at noon.

News Team 4 Exclusive: Tanker Fight Exposed

We would like to direct our readers to TAnchorman's blog (pronounced tankerman) where News Team 4 has a new exclusive.

It seems as they were able to get their hands on a HASC transcript that contains a portion of a Team KC-30 post-fight conversation which was recorded last month.

Gen. McNabb was right, everyone should just calm down before this gets out of hand again.

TAnchorman Exclusive Video

Please visit TAnchorman's blog where he has an exclusive video of a 1/16 model test of new Maximum-On-Ground (MOG) enhancement procedures to accommodate the larger KC-30 tanker.

TAnchorman Consumer Alert

News Team 4 is looking out for you.

TAnchorman has just posted a consumer alert that is must reading for all government procurement officials.

If you thought sub-prime loans were bad, wait to you read about sub-prime contractors.

TAnchorman Uncovers Start of Tanker War

For today's post we will simply refer you to TAnchorman's Blog where he has an exclusive on the e-mail that started the tanker controversy.

We would like to thank TAnchorman and all of News Team 4 for their tireless efforts to bring us the often humorous behind-the-scenes tanker contract reporting.

TAnchorman says: Stay Classy Northrop

[Note: In this post we would like to introduce someone who we hope will join in from time to time and help us moderate and report on the tanker debate: Tankerman.]

Thanks TWB but please read the prompter correctly, its spelled TAnchorman.

What do you think this is? Amateur hour?!

Anyway, today I would like to reiterated what I have said on a number of occasions, I don't believe an ugly fight between Northrop Grumman and Boeing is good for America. It also misses the point since the true enemy is Airbus.

We all know my friends at TWB have been very hard on EADS, Airbus' parent company, because EADS can not be trusted to be good economic or defense partners.

I am very disappointed to find that Northrop Grumman has decided to counter any questions raised about EADS by handing out fliers attacking its competitor and stating "Boeing has a long history of criminal misconduct".

Sweet Lincoln's mullet that's getting ugly!

Regardless of this attack, I have asked that Boeing not reciprocate by publishing their list of NG missteps because I believe it serves no purpose. As I have stated before, we all understand that companies have employees who have behave badly from time to time. What makes EADS unique in this discussion though is that the French or German governments rarely hold it accountable when its actions are detrimental to the US.

Also, I would like to take NG to task for putting the corporate front group Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) up to naming two of the tanker critics as "Porkers of the Month". Maybe it will score some points in Mobile, but everyone in this town has a pretty good idea on KC-30 team money to CAGW. Son of a bee sting! That's not fair to two elected officials who I believed have supported you in the past.

Besides, Airbus can fight their own battles. Here is a nice zinger just reported today:

“I think they [Boeing] are competition-averse, period,” Allan McArtor, chairman of Airbus Americas, told The Hill. He said the production of the commercial aircraft in Mobile will break Boeing’s monopoly in the United States.

Thanks for the aerospace industry insight Airbus, I'll be sure to lead with that story on the evening news.

Now as for you NG, like I said, "You Stay Classy."