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How do you refuel an Air Force F35-B?



 
 
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Old April 19th 04, 01:01 AM
Henry J Cobb
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Scott Ferrin wrote:
If they ever bought the KC-767 why couldn't they outfit it with two
under-wing refueling drouge systems? It's not like it's never been
done before.


http://www.fas.org/man/crs/RL32056.pdf
The ORD requires, for example, that the KC-135's replacement be able
to refuel two aircraft simultaneously with the hose-and-drogue system.
The KC-767 variant being considered in this lease cannot satisfy this
requirement. It can only refuel one aircraft at a time with the
hose-and-drogue which considerably reduces, opponents say, its
operational capabilities.


http://www.afa.org/magazine/aug2003/0803tankers.asp
Though USAF wanted plumbing in the wings for wingtip probe-and-drogue
refueling, to lower cost, it dropped the requirement. The aircraft
will have both a boom-type refueling system and a probe-and-drogue,
both on the centerline.


http://www.airforce-technology.com/p...767/specs.html
Probe and drogue refuelling Wingpods and a centre-line hose


But the *-technology.com sites are often wrong.

Writing to them does help as they've changed the CIWS to RAM after I
notified them.

http://www.naval-technology.com/proj...d17/index.html

-HJC
 




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