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Why Don't The Newest US Air Force F-16s Use These High-Tech Fuel Tanks?
Foxtrot Alpha ^ | 6/22/15 | Tyler Rogoway

Posted on 06/23/2015 4:57:10 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

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To: sukhoi-30mki

Follow the money. There is the answer. As for not being plumbed, that’s not an issue on new machines.
But the simple answer is someone didn’t bet the payola.


21 posted on 06/23/2015 7:11:16 AM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Would these CFT give Israeli F-16s the range to reach Iran, and back?


22 posted on 06/23/2015 7:26:34 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Loved that post. Learned a lot.


23 posted on 06/23/2015 7:37:02 AM PDT by sauron ("Truth is hate to those who hate Truth" --unknown)
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Would these CFT give Israeli F-16s the range to reach Iran, and back?

Probably, via direct route, almost all over hostile territory. It is believed the Israelis have such configurations.

24 posted on 06/23/2015 7:42:03 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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But they won’t have to.

Saudi will will refuel them and allow passage....


25 posted on 06/23/2015 8:21:18 AM PDT by Kozak (Walker / Cruz 2016 or Cruz/ Walker 2016 Either one is good...)
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To: Kozak

Saudis are not of one accord. Some Saudis may authorize it while others might sabotage it. And that leaves out the question of whether the US would allow it.


26 posted on 06/23/2015 8:25:15 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Oh, the only Saudi’s that matter, the Sauds, will do it.
Anything to stop Iran’s getting a nuke.
Anything.


27 posted on 06/23/2015 8:29:42 AM PDT by Kozak (Walker / Cruz 2016 or Cruz/ Walker 2016 Either one is good...)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Now we know how the Israeli’s will reach Iranian targets.


28 posted on 06/23/2015 10:36:39 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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