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BANGOR - Even before Maine Air National Guard's 101st Air Refueling Wing learned that the Boeing Co. was awarded a contract to build 179 new aerial refueling tankers, the 101st and the state's congressional delegation already had started petitioning for the new planes to be stationed in Bangor.
Funding for the wing's Airbridge program, which had been threatened last fall, has been extended through the end of the current federal fiscal year.See the full content of this document
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Officials Urge New Tankers for Bangor
The MAINEiacs are assigned 10 Eisenhower-era KC-135 aircraft, which essentially are flying gas stations that can refuel other airplanes, a crucial function during wartime and disasters, Lt. Col. Debbie Kelley, a spokeswoman for 1...
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