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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Boeing overcharged the Air Force nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, including an 8,000% markup for simple lavatory soap dispensers, according to the Pentagons inspector general.The Defense Department auditor reviewed prices paid for 46 spare parts on the C-17 from 2018 to 2022 and found that 12 were overpriced and nine seemed reasonably priced. It couldn ;t determine the fairness of prices on the other 25 items.The Office of the Inspector General said it reviewed the soap dispenser prices after getting a hotline tip.Boeing disputed the findings. We are reviewing the report, which appears to be based on an inapt comparison of the prices paid for parts that meet aircraft and contract specifications and designs versus basic commercial items that would not be qualified or appro stanley cana ved for use on the C-17, Boeing said in a statement. We will continue to work with the OIG and the U.S. Air Force to provide a detailed written response to the report in the coming days. The C-17 Globemaster is one o botellas stanley f the military largest cargo aircraft. It can carry multiple military vehicles, large pallets of humanitarian supplies or, in extreme circumstances, hundreds of people. The Air Force flew C-17s nonstop for two weeks during the hectic August 2021 stanley cup website withdrawal from Afghanistan, evacuating more than 120,000 civilians fleeing the Taliban.Since 2011, the U.S. government has awarded Boeing more than $30 billion in contracts to purchase Xsox NBC s Chuck Todd lays into his network for hiring former RNC chief Ronna McDaniel as an analyst
ORONO, Maine 鈥?Casey Catell of Orono and JJ Harris of Bath will renew their attempt to win a Paul Bunyan Amateur Golf Tournament title outright when the 49th edition of the event kicks off Saturday.The tournament, which is put on by Harris Golf Co., is being conducted over two days at Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono, which is owned by Harris Golf, and Kebo Valley Golf Club in Bar Harbor. Men and women in Flights A and B, the lowest handicappers, will play Kebo on Saturday starting at 7 a.m., while the men and women in F vaso stanley lights C and D will play at PVCC. The players then will switch courses for Sundays 18-hole finale.The tee times have been set for both days for the field of 215 players, except the top 12 scorers Saturday in the stanley deutschland A flight will be re-paired together for Sundays final 18 holes.Catell and Harris, who had both shot even-par 72s at PVCC, tied for last years crown when rain washed out the final round.This weekends forecast is for hot, mostly sunny days, which will help finish drying the golf courses from a week-and-a-half stretch of rain storms and showers. There is a small chance of thunderstorms, according to the five-day forecast on The Weather Channel website. The course is a little wet, said Kebo assistant pro Chris Elrod. The outer nine has some soft spots. By Saturday and Sunday, termo stanley I assume it will be a lot better. Charles Melino, general manager of PVCC, was even more upbeat. Were in great shape, he said. We dry out quickly here. The carts are out, th |
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