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Curious if anyone knows how with a range of 1000 miles it got to Europe? I presume several of aerial refuels in a single flight, which sounds mentally taxing.
by jackric 6y ago
Curious if anyone knows how with a range of 1000 miles it got to Europe? I presume several of aerial refuels in a single flight, which sounds mentally taxing.
- jackric 6y ago> On their first deployment, with the aid of aerial refueling, pilots flew non-stop from Holloman to Kuwait, a flight of approximately 18.5 hours—a record for single-seat fighters that stands today OK now I'm interested in what drugs they gave the pilot for this endurance feat!
- asciimike 6y agoAmphetamines ;) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7661838/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7661838/ Of course, their use has been blamed for other issues, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarnak_Farm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarnak_Farm_incident