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Originally Posted by kach22i
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Nice... that's the Tanker version, used as a gas truck for air-to-air refueling.
Added 2 jet engines so that it could fly faster in level flight for the B-52, etc.
Before the jets, the planes had to be in a shallow dive so the B-52's and jet fighters would not be on the verge of a stall when fueling.
Could refuel 3 fighters at a time, one on each wing pod and one on the tail.