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| Israel, US sign deal for 12 helicopters and refueling aircraft |
| 2021-12-31 |
| [JPost] Refueling. Hmmmmm With a range of 11,830 km and the capacity to carry 207,000 pounds of fuel, the KC-46 can refuel over 64 different types of aircraft and allow dozens of jets to remain airborne for up to 12 hours |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 All the Bidet admin will get for slow-walking the deliveries is that the Israelis will find another way. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-12-31 08:26 |
| #1 ...The Israelis had already verbally committed to purchasing the -46 some time ago, and just recently they asked if we could speed up the deliveries. Their B707 based tankers are sufficiently elderly that anything pointed at Certain Other Countries might be kinda dicey. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2021-12-31 08:14 |