This F-22 Raptor Wing Tank Storage Facility Looks Like A Science Fiction Movie Set
Very few things are simple in the fighter aircraft business, including storing and moving around giant external fuel tanks.
Very few things are simple in the fighter aircraft business, including storing and moving around giant external fuel tanks.
Lockheed Martin is looking at what it would take to give the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, and by extension Israel’s F-35I subvariant, the ability to carry two 600-gallon drop tanks under its wings as part of a larger range-extension study. This would increase their total fuel capacity by approximately 40 percent, though it would negate the jet’s stealth qualities.
The J-20’s range just got longer and its flexibility enhanced.