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Originally Posted by Gun Grape
The 18 will have 1 300 gal buddy tank and 4 480 gal drop tanks to pull from and can still carry AtA missiles on the dry pylons. So she can defend herself.
No need for escort.
The Viking carries only 1 300 gal buddy tank on one wing and another 330 gal tank on the other.
SH= 2,220 gal
S-3= 630 gal
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Thanks Gun Grape, that clears up the externals, any idea of how much a full internal fuel load for each aircraft is? My guess would be that the Viking still has more total fuel with only the 2 tanks than the Rhino's 5. I would think that given the Viking's air-refueling mission, it would be able to tranfer fuel from its internal fuel tanks into the buddy pod for transfer, so it would really be the total fuel load of the aircraft that would matter, is this correct?