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Feb.25
5:12 PM ET
Monday, 25 Feb 2008
Air Force Tanker Internet "Tantrums"

So as the country awaits the Air Force's decision on whether Boeing [BA  Loading...      ()   ] or Northrop Grumman [NOC  Loading...      ()   ] will build the next generation of air refueling tankers--worth $40 billion--we were told the decision could come down as soon as the market closed on Monday. One way we've been monitoring the situation is by keeping tabs on the Air Force web site I keep "refreshing" that page...but shortly before 5 pm ET Monday, I suddenly saw this:

Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://www.af.mil/" on this server.

Reference #18.1c5e5640.1203976409.189d0eca

After trying to access the page from different computers within CNBC, we called the Air Force press office to find out what was wrong. "Wow, I didn't know that," a spokesman told us. After he tried and failed to get on the same web page, he said, "You're right!"

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