The US Air Forces-Proposed Stealth Tanker
445K views · Jan 5, 2026 · Education
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@enlilofnippur8409 · 8 months ago
Not a boring mega project at all: “amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics.”
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@williamreynolds2475 · 8 months ago
That's not an XBox controller that's a Pip Boy!
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@blshouse · 8 months ago
Tactics wins battles, logistics win wars. That stealth tanker is worth more than all the robot bombers, and for a better price as well.
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@rigasarzemnieks4230 · 8 months ago
In the USAF there is the old saying: "No kickin' ass without tanker gas!"
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@OldManHistory · 8 months ago
To find the stealth fighters, look for the tankers. If the tankers are also stealth, the task becomes more difficult.
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@JDFloyd · 8 months ago
I was previously a U.S. Navy Naval Flight Officer for A-6's, and during each of my deployments, at least every 3rd flight I did was a tanker flight. Day or night, in any type of weather, flying in circles waiting for another aircraft in need of fuel.
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@Machines.In.Action · 8 months ago
Simon turning a flying gas station into a gripping story is honestly impressive! :hand-orange-covering-eyes:
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@mr.beautifulflower2758 · 8 months ago (edited)
No military in the world has the logistics that we do. so a "boring" tanker is exactly what makes us the most dangerous. good logistics
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@allanlees299 · 8 months ago
Making something affordable that actually works that the US Navy needs urgently is not boring. It's a pleasant change from all the over-ambitious disasters the US Navy has perpetrated over the last 20 years.
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@bariman223 · 8 months ago
"The US Air Forces-Proposed Stealth Tanker" => The US Navy Proposed Autonomous Tanker
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@javabean215 · 8 months ago
Those business jets certainly could launch off a carrier deck. You can launch anything off a carrier deck, once. Whether you get it back or not is a completely different story.
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@ramprat9769 · 8 months ago
Not boring. EXCELLENT. Successful warfighting is NEVER just guns on the front. Logistics win wars.
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