Lift body aircraft and strike tanker

[hesham]

Hi,

http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA436457&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

The tanker reminds me of Lockheed's Minion concept.

 

[OM]

The tanker reminds me of Lockheed's Minion concept.

...And then there's the very name "strike tanker". At first glance, it says "Hey, if we can't deliver our fuel load to our strike fighters, we'll just dump it on a ground target and drop a lit match behind us!"

[insert Die Hard joke here]

 

[Grey Havoc]

The tanker reminds me of Lockheed's Minion concept.

...And then there's the very name "strike tanker". At first glance, it says "Hey, if we can't deliver our fuel load to our strike fighters, we'll just dump it on a ground target and drop a lit match behind us!"

[insert Die Hard joke here]

Compared to the Marine Corps new tactical tanker, it sounds positively sane.