On 12/31/03 9:54 AM, in article , "Mike
Kanze" wrote:

Back in the early 1970s when the Prowler was hitting the fleet, the question
in FITRON Ready Rooms was, "How much gas can it give?"

Plus ça change!

It was an O-level mod to plumb the Prowler for a buddy store. One of our
CPO's at The Lake was proposing it to the fleet as the Intruder was
retiring, but the proposal didn't make it far.

The community stiff-armed it because the jet only had so many stations for
pylons and you either carry pods or tanks. With the (then and current)
Prowler shortage, ALQ-99 seemed more important.

--Woody