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Re: RAAF considers aerial refuelling options



Correct. Additionally I assume the new 737 AEW&C aircraft will require
booms (anybody out there actually know??)

Cheers

Kerryn Offord <kao16@its.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote in article
<386A8019.477FECA4@its.canterbury.ac.nz>...
> 
> 
> Andrew Yeung wrote:
> <SNIP>
> > 
> > First, they've got to decide on either the boom or drogue system.
> > After, they can either choose the KC-10 Extender, or the Marine's
> > KC-130 with both, or a the Navy KA-6D, or any of a variety of other
> > options, off the shelf.
> 
> Doesn't the F-111 require the Boom system, while the F-18 (and every
> thing else) uses Drogue system?
> 
>