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Originally Posted by JA Boomer
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?
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F-18E= Around 2117 gal internal (various numbers quoted.I split the difference)
S-3= 1933 gal internal
So the SH still carries more fuel.
The S-3 was thrust into the air refuel job when the KA-6 was retired. With a much reduced capability. There was either 1 or 2 KS-3 Tankers modified with a fuel tank in the fuselage but it never went into production.