C-17 HAS TANKER LIABILITIES
Many letters have recommended very large aircraft or the C-17 as replacements for the aging KC-135s. The C-17 traded aerodynamic efficiency in cruise flight to optimize it for combat cargo delivery. A high-drag C-17 would use more of the tanker fuel for itself, and have less to offload, than...
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