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Old 17th Jun 2019, 19:20
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Originally Posted by Slow Progress
No reverse thrust?
Not installed on the KC-46. KC-135s do not have them either. Most airfields that a USAF tanker will operate into are long enough to make reversers unnecessary. Their additional weight and maintenance requirements further reduce reversers' desirability for an aircraft that is primarily designed to take off full of fuel and land empty.
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