Bjørnar Bolsøy wrote:
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/aim-54c-1.jpg


It never occured to me, is the ground clearing enough for
the Tomcat to land on an aircraft carrier with fuel tanks
like this?

Certainly. They fly with these tanks almost all the time. In fact, here's
a picture of a one making a carrier landing with the tanks in place.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/.../tr-f14landing
..jpg

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