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Still about this article in "Procedings", because I am afraid my remark
was not what I really wanted to say: The title "A Bridge Too Far" illustrated by a picture of VFA-94's F/A-18C refueled by VFA-41's F/A-18F apparently suggests that adopting Super Hornets to the tanker role was not a good idea... What's more, in the text the author criticizes replacing a 10-million-dollar tanker (good, but weary S-3B) by a 70-million-dollar one (brand-new F/A-18E/F). It really surprised me! And where are these stories about "flying the wings off the planes" when Vikings were utilized very intensively as tankers??? According to AFM, in OIF VFA-115, additionally charged with tanker sorties (an S-3B squadron still aboard, too) averaged 30 sorties a day when other squadrons averaged 20... Best regards, Jacek Zemlo |
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