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Please attach, or link to, a photo of an F-35B with drop tanks. Or a photo of a real full-scale F-35B-compatible tank. Or even an official document with a schedule for developing and testing such a thing.
For fact-driven readers: for one reason or another the F-35's 426 USG custom-designed tank was dropped from the program nine years ago. There's been mention of an Israeli F-35A tank but not recently.
As it is... if anyone here can mention a modern combat aircraft that has a shorter range than an F-35B, carrying two 1000 lb bombs and two AAMs, I would be fascinated to hear about it. While the New Age theory may be that air power is no longer about mobility, not everyone subscribes to it.
Last edited by George K Lee; 2nd Apr 2017 at 12:49.