Originally Posted by
Lima Juliet
Cheaper to buy A330 MRTT than fit cats and traps on both boats. So A-model it is if we buy anything different. The B-model doesn’t have a wet wing and so without external tanks it is somewhat short on range and endurance without a tanker (not forgetting that the B has roughly 30% less fuel internally than the A model to start with!).
You could then AAR the C-17, P-8, R135 and the incoming E-7 as well.....