Airbus showed up for the KC-X competition to provide tankers for the USAF. Their proposal included moving assembly of all A-330 freighters to Alabama.
An amusing point about the C-32: There was a proposal to upgrade the engines (?) of the aircraft used by the Secretary of State to increase its range. This was killed by Senator Ted “Series of Tubes” Stevens (R-Alaska). Without the upgrade, whenever the Secretary of State flies to Asia their aircraft has to stop to refuel in… Alaska.
