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Even military flights, its mostly a theoretical exercise. If you have a refueling tanker based out of somewhere, you can just base the planes you are refueling
by throwaway2048 9y ago
Even military flights, its mostly a theoretical exercise. If you have a refueling tanker based out of somewhere, you can just base the planes you are refueling out of there instead.
Not to say its worthless of course, but its not as useful as it might seem.
- lmm 9y agoYou can use it to extend the range when you have nowhere to base planes, a la https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck