Posted on 07/28/2025 9:04:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
“No quiero.”
Ahora!!!!
Its versatile. I was shocked at the last airshow I went to a few years ago... An F-18 was refueling another F-18 at 300’. I didn’t know the could be set up as tankers.
You can see the birds in the video.
I used to work on A-7 Corsairs, and they used the D-704 external “buddy store” which looks like a big, fat drop tank but, in addition to fuel, has a hydraulically driven hose with a basket that can be used to fuel other planes. They would mount that on one wing pylon, and put three more fuel drop tanks on, and use that as a “KA-7E” Tanker.
I wonder if they still use those things.
The ones we used back in the Seventies required constant maintenance, as I believe they were worn out from over-use and low budget capability to replace them.
We hated working on them because they were so curmudgeonly, I think!
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