Re: RAAF considers aerial refuelling options

["Joe Bloggs" <psalm_121_1@yahoo.com>]

Why not just get some ex-USAF KC-135 and modify them with new engines and
avionics, structure upgrade. KC-135 can carry both the boom and drogue
config... can refuel both F-18s and F-111s, not to mention the new AWACS,
C-130J, and even the Orions.

J.


L'acrobat <sibehusky@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Andrew Yeung <andreew@postone.com> wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:21:33 +1100, "L'acrobat"
> > <sibehusky@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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> > >Frequently it's modified for local conditions.
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> > A probe for an F-111 can't really differ can it?
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> No, but the aircraft dragging that probe can be different from one that
fits
> the US need, more optimised for rough strips for example or maybe just
> utilising a newer airframe/engines for greater economy  - the purchase
price
> is just the start of it with aircraft.
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