KC-46 is the underreported fiasco of the decade...

I've been all over the F-35 but a story that is just as big is the theft of public funds that is the KC-46 program.  RSTREET has an article that is a MUST READ on how poorly the KC-46 compares to legacy tankers.  AirBus was right, the USAF just screwed the taxpayer.  Check this out...

OK, so the KC-46 must be much better plane than the KC-135, right? Bourdius then compared the fuel capacity of the three tankers. He found the KC-46 carried only 6 percent more fuel than a KC-135.

Then this...

Finally, he measured how much cargo the tankers could carry and found the KC-46 carried 22 percent less cargo than the KC-135.

And my final example is this...

In 2037, the youngest KC-135 will be 72 years old. To get the same purchase value out of a KC-46 that enters service in 2017, that plane will have to fly until the year 2,251 – 234 years. Who wants to take that bet?

And you wonder why I look around the Defense budget and really don't care if the spending caps remain in place?  You wonder why I yell about the US Army and Marine Corps cutting real combat strength in the form of its Ground Combat Element while pumping up USAF weapon systems?

Current military leadership is lost....and some of them are corrupt as hell....or just plain stupid.  You decide which.