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Old 30th Aug 2005, 13:08
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A short bodied C130 with 2 wing pods and no extra fuel tanks (except perhaps Aux tanks underwing for a J) would easily have enough off-load for routine Falklands Air Defence purposes
As a humble techie can I ask how you would cover the requirement (if there really is one) for diversion fuel for both tanker and receivers. I ask this after having spent many happy hours in the early - mid 90s refuelling/defuelling the C130 tankers up to/down from 88k at all hours of the night. Were we just wasting our lives??
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