I believe they always dump fuel anyway to get down to a certain landing weight (all planes, not just tankers, or planes with buddy stores) I believe airliners have to dump fuel on occasion too, but they probably plan it so that the plane reaches its landing weight when it gets to its scheduled destination, but...I suppose if they had to divert. (Any Freepers with knowledge of this care to comment?)
Anyway, it is critical on a carrier. Too much fuel on landing is bad for the bones...
LOL, we should shut up, the environmentalists would probably go ballistic if they knew just how much raw jet fuel was let loose into the atmosphere each and every day!!!
We should tie them down at the end of the runway and
make them watch older model B-52s take off.
They would all die of horror.
It sounds like freedom to me.