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The heated metal coffee mug used by the 60th Air Squadron at Travis Air Base near Fairfield, CA, would have cost US taxpayers $ 1,280. The squadron bought 25 coupes this year, for a total of $ 32,000.
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The heated metal coffee mug used by the 60th Air Squadron at Travis Air Base near Fairfield, CA, would have cost US taxpayers $ 1,280. The squadron bought 25 cups this year, for a total of
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Photo: USAF Tech Sgt. James Hodgman
The heated metal coffee mug used by the 60th Air Squadron at Travis Air Base near Fairfield, CA, would have cost US taxpayers $ 1,280. The squadron bought 25 coupes this year, for a total of $ 32,000.
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The heated metal coffee mug used by the 60th Air Squadron at Travis Air Base near Fairfield, CA, would have cost US taxpayers $ 1,280. The squadron bought 25 cups this year, for a total of
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Photo: USAF Tech Sgt. James Hodgman
A senator from Iowa is slowly burning the high costs of coffee maintenance at the Air Force Base Air Base near Fairfield, California.
Fox News reported on Monday that Republican Senator Chuck Grassley had questioned the purchase of dozens of drink goblets destined for the airline's 60th Air Squadron, at a cost of nearly $ 56,000 over three years. The cups, used aboard cargo planes, are used to heat liquids.
On October 2, Grassley had written to Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, asking for an explanation of the purchase, which included 25 goblets for $ 32,000, or $ 1,280 each, in 2018 only .
According to the squadron, a design flaw in the container causes the handle to break if the cup falls off. The replacement handles are not available, so you had to buy a new cup.
Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, said in a letter to Grassley that, overall, the air force had spent $ 326,785 to buy 391 goblets since 2016. Wilson said that the air force had recently come up with an inexpensive replacement 3D handle fix.
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Wilson acknowledged the waste in his letter, which Grassley published Friday.
"It's just irresponsible to spend thousands of dollars on manufactured parts when we have the technology to produce them ourselves," she wrote.
But Grassley has accused the initial cost of the cup of being excessive.
"Although I know the Air Force is working on finding innovations that could help save taxpayer money, we still do not understand why it can not find a cheaper alternative to a $ 1,280 cup, "he said. "Government officials are responsible for effectively using taxpayers' money – all too often, this is not the case, and I intend to pursue this issue." "
Fox News said it has attempted to join hot cup maker G & H Aerospace, a defense equipment supplier from Arizona. An email requesting comments was not immediately returned and a man who answered the phone at the company's office Monday afternoon said "we have no comment" and hung up Fox reported.
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