Wondering what happened to all fuel tanks jettisoned by U.S. fighter jets over Southeast Asia during Vietnam War?
Sep 18 2013
http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/18/fuel-tanks-se-asia/
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Several thousand drop tanks were jettisoned over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
And here you can see what happened to some of those that were recovered.
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The comments section says they were most likely stockpile tanks, dropped ones would have been crushed by the fall.
http://usastruck.com/tag/jet-fuel-tanks/
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