On 30 Mar 2004 14:25:41 -0800, (sid) wrote:

Ron Parsons wrote in message ...
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(sid) wrote:

Ron Parsons wrote in message
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The point was that the wing structure and lift capability are there to
be used in a tanker model.

However, these aircraft are to be as stock as possible. Thats
especially true of those being leased. It would be damned expensive to
recertify just a few obsolescent aircraft, so I doubt the AF will
spend the money for additional weight certification.

The USAF doesn't care about certification, so being stock or not
doesn't much matter except for maintenance issues. The USAF will do
the usual CAT I/II acceptance testing, which isn't very much like
certification.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer