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Kevin Brooks wrote:
"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message news ![]() Will there be AF units attached to Army "flying columns" to setup ad hoc Foward Area Refueling Points for Air Force F-35Bs alongside the Apaches? FARPs are not your specialty, are they? If they want to do a FARP, they have a number of options, just like those in the Army aviation community have a number of options. Use of helos is one option, or use of helos in combination with assets sent forward by ground transport, or indeed by ground assets only. They could in some cases eben use C-130's operating from a designated FLS. What, you think the USAF has nobody capable of driving a truck? In most cases, though, you could expect them to set up a FOB (forward operating base) instead of a FARP. The USMC manages to do this kind of thing--why do you think it beyond the ability of the USAF and Army? If you have to lay out a full landing strip for the C-130's why would the AF need F-35Bs, couldn't they just use F-35As? -HJC |
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