[GeronL]

14 or 42 hours?

That is a huge difference

[kabar]

14 hours fully loaded with all the munitions listed. 42 hours unarmed. And any thing in between depending on the munitions load.

14 hours would have been more than enough time to accomplish this mission, i.e., it would have allowed 8 or 9 hours over the target. And probably more since I doubt that they would not have all those munitions on board for this kind of mission.

[verga]

14 or 42 hours? That is a huge difference

That is 14 hours carrying a full load of munitions. Once the munitions have been expended the flight time would increase. Lets say that it takes 3- hours to get over the site. 30 minutes to find targets and fire munitions (These are both high estimates.)This would use approximately 25 % of it's fuel which would still allow approximately 28-30 hours of observation time.