Originally Posted by
Mil-26Man
Why would the F-35 need to drop its ordnance directly over where it has tanked? That's not how tanking works, but you already know that.
I had a real education dropped into my lap when I had to deal with it for real in sustained ops. All those things I thought I knew .... uh, I didn't. Good to learn, though. In a non permissive environment, the tanking puzzle is critical to get right. I would expect that any number of CONOPS documents have been drawn up, and probably a few tested out a Nellis at the very least.
Edited out incorrect assumption. (oops)