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To: BroJoeK

Yeah external tanks are dropped for stealth mode, right?


85 posted on 04/08/2017 8:03:41 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: LS; PIF

I don’t “get” what our FRiend PIF’s real problem is since, to pick out just one example as I read published numbers: the F-35C has twice the combat radius of the F-18 Super Hornet it will replace — so how is that a bad thing?

Yes, the non-stealth F-18 can add external fuel tanks, which might double its range, so then it equals the stealthy F-35’s combat radius.

So, the problem here is what, exactly?


86 posted on 04/08/2017 10:03:29 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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