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To: ASA Vet

Don't forget the need for airforce tankers & possibly AWAC's support when you're calculating runway needs.

15 posted on 10/14/2004 4:36:40 PM PDT by Tallguy (If the Kerry campaign implodes any further, they'll reach the point of "singularity" by election day)

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To: Tallguy

The C-17 can take off and land on runways as short as 3,000 feet (914 meters)
and only 90 feet wide (27.4 meters).

There was talk of a KC-17 tanker version.

16 posted on 10/15/2004 4:31:32 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.)

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