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Originally Posted by Jimmy
For starters it would be incompatible with several US systems without serious modifications that would basically call for the tear down/rebuilding of each airframe. For another the C-17 has a much longer range due to its aerial refueling capability. The numbers you see on wikipedia are on one tank of gas. Its also a more reliable airframe.
Again, I'm not going to say it sucks. The Soviets took a different approach to things, but to proclaim that its better because it can haul a couple of extra tons for a lower purchase price is disenginuous.
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Then you don't understand "LOGISTICS" because that IS what it takes to make it a better Plane, and btw, if the AN-22 has refueling capabilities, it would have and even longer range, than it would generaly have, so that IS what helps make it a better plane than the C-17.