Fuel Waste In the AF
When there are training excercises in the Air Force we usually send multiple air refueling aircraft to service the aircraft flying. Here is the problem; there may be 4 planes on a training mission that would only take 1500-3000 gallons of fuel to fill them up; but we send up 2-3 KC135's which can carry enough fuel to cover the mission plus some. We send 1-135's up to refuel the mission and the other one or two are just ...more »
When there are training excercises in the Air Force we usually send multiple air refueling aircraft to service the aircraft flying. Here is the problem; there may be 4 planes on a training mission that would only take 1500-3000 gallons of fuel to fill them up; but we send up 2-3 KC135's which can carry enough fuel to cover the mission plus some. We send 1-135's up to refuel the mission and the other one or two are just backups. When these KC-135's are not used they have to dump 100's to 1000's of gallons before they can land at thier destinations. I recomend that we have this policy closely reconcidered.
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