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epa02125441 (FILE) A handout photograph released by European defense contractor EADS on 20 April 2010 showing an Airbus A310 on a demonstration fight on 30 January 2007 in an undisclosed location. European defense contractor (EADS) said on 20 April 2010 that will make its own bid for the US Air Force's long-delayed 35 billion US dollar contract to build a fleet of new refueling jets. EADS is challenging Boeing Co., a US company, for the right to build 179 new planes for the Air Force. EADS' one-time US partner, Northrop Grumman Corporation, dropped out earlier this year after saying the Pentagon project unfairly favored Boeing.  EPA/EADS/CaSA / HANDOUT  EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES