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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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