With today's rollout of the Airbus A380, the Boeing 747 is no longer the world's largest airliner. Reading about this new aerial behemoth, I was interested to discover that Boeing have complained to the World Trade Organisation about Airbus receiving illegal government subsidies.
Given that the 747 was developed form the earlier 707, which was a variation of the KC-135 tanker aeroplane, is it not possible to argue that Boeing received huge subsidies courtesy of the USAF and therefore the US government?