Originally Posted by
ORAC
ORAC, that's articles got little to nothing to do with USAF, but it might warrant a new thread on that carrier based tanker drone thingus.
Just because we used the KA-6D for tankers back in the day didn't mean "USN and USAF going separate ways" -- it meant that the Navy has a very specific mission requirement for organic tanking in a CVBG. End of. Unmanned? Heck, if it works, why not?