Tornado F.2/3 tanks (Geek corner!)
There are pics of the Boscombe F.2 with belly tanks on the shoulder pylons. (also BAe's F.2 with Kormoran missiles but that's another topic!). Does anyone know if the F.3 was either capable of carrying shoulder tanks or ever did? Was it trialled by Boscombe on the F.2 but never cleared? Was it cleared but never needed? Was there any significant difference between the F.2 and F.3's plumbing to allow the F.2 to carry shoulder tanks but prevent the F.3 from doing so? Obviously the short lived EF.3 had ALARM on the shoulder pylons, but this doesn't indicate if the station was wet or not.
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