Northrup Grumman-EADS has won the battle for the USAF's new KC-X tanker, beating out odds-on favorite Boeing, in a decision announced late today. The winning design, called the KC-30, is based on the Airbus A330 design & will be built in Mobile, Alabama. ------------------- Jack L. Metcalfe Stanford, KY jlmetcalfe at hughes.net -------------------