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Old 28th Mar 2014, 21:00
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CONSO
 
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RE NAVY P8

P8 was designed/built to be aerial refueled with long boom typical of Air Force- whereas normal navy is probe and drouge.

It is still in early deployment- some issues with electronic suite still remain

It takes many months of training and certification to do such refueling

Probably not scheduled till 2015-2016 for such training and certification

Only a few have been put into operational use so far.
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