Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told defense reporters in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2009, that he is keeping an open mind over whether the Air Force should split its KC-X tanker program or continue with a single winner. Here, a KC-135R from Air Force Reserve Command's 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom ARB, Ind., lands at Andersen AFB, Guam, Dec. 31, 2008. The unit is deployed to Guam in support of Pacific theater refueling operations.
US Air Force photo by MSgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald