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Ozman Trad wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message news:5Ob_b.4176 A 747-400 Freighter carries more cargo, cheaper, than a military-derived cargo plane The obvious question is why doesn't the military use them and give the taxpayers a break Check the part you snipped: "Very few users need the short-field or oversized cargo capacity..." Well, the military is one of those very few users. A 747 won't carry a tank, nor will it land in a short unimproved strip in the back of beyond to deliver its cargo. However, you will find that the military does use civil-style freighters for lots of its cargo hauling. They just happen to belong to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet rather than actually being owned by the US military. -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "If brave men and women never died, there would be nothing special about bravery." -- Andy Rooney (attributed) |
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