One of the biggest scandals and acts of corruption on an international basis showed itself over the past couple of years when the United States issued bids to replace our aging fleet of aircraft, the KC-135 Boeing StratoTanker used to refuel other aircraft while in flight, initially acquired during the Eisenhower Administration back in the late 1950s. Wikipedia states “since there are over 500 KC-135s, these aircraft will be replaced gradually, with the first batch of about 100 aircraft to be replaced in the current buy. The effort to replace the KC-135 has been marked by intense controversy.”