Article: McCain blasts Air Force leaders over tanker aircraft contract.

Byline: Alan Bjerga

WASHINGTON _ Sen. John McCain called Friday for "full accountability" for Air Force officials involved in a controversial contract to acquire tanker aircraft from Boeing, accusing them of incompetence or corruption.

"Either way, full accountability among Air Force leadership is in order," said McCain, R-Ariz.

Reading from previously unreleased internal Air Force e-mails, McCain charged Air Force Secretary James Roche, who resigned this week, and other Pentagon officials conspired with Boeing to fix the bidding on a $23.5 billion contract that would have added 100 Boeing 767s to the Air Force tanker fleet.

Roche ...

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