USAF Tanker Deal "To be reviewed"

Lurchi · 06-19-08, 12:13 PM

Survivability of a tanker?!?!
Armour-protection? Do they want to use it as a ground attack plane or what? LOL

If such a plane meets a fighter or an even half-sophisticated SAM systems it is dead, regardless if it is a Boeing or an Airbus. A fighter wouldn't even waste a missile on it and gun this fat bird down within seconds. Capacity of fuel and range are all that matters. It also seems that the Airbus - despite a heavier fuel load - can take-off and land on a shorter runway than the Boeing and that this was one of the major Pro-Airbus arguments.

06-19-08, 12:13 PM	#9
Lurchi Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wilhelmshaven, Germany Posts: 181 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Survivability of a tanker?!?! Armour-protection? Do they want to use it as a ground attack plane or what? LOL If such a plane meets a fighter or an even half-sophisticated SAM systems it is dead, regardless if it is a Boeing or an Airbus. A fighter wouldn't even waste a missile on it and gun this fat bird down within seconds. Capacity of fuel and range are all that matters. It also seems that the Airbus - despite a heavier fuel load - can take-off and land on a shorter runway than the Boeing and that this was one of the major Pro-Airbus arguments.