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Article: Boeing wins controversial Air Force tanker deal

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Dateline: WASHINGTON The Boeing Co., struggling financially since the Sept. 11 attacks, won a $16 billion contract from the Air Force on Friday to lease 100 modified 767 jetliners for use as refueling tankers.

The deal is a major windfall for Boeing, but critics call it little more than corporate welfare. The cost of leasing the planes, which does not include a $4 billion purchase option at the end of the six-

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