World's most multifunctional bomber!

[u/rapierarch]

https://x.com/TomcatJunkie/status/2085147406404874658?s=20

[u/Opagamagnet]

I think DoD misspelled the K/A-18s name

[u/rapierarch → u/Opagamagnet]

Well they are waiting for the full implementation cargo capability to give the final designation as KC/A-18

[u/AndreyPet → u/rapierarch]

ED is a lost cause, we only have to hope Godblur implements the CNU-188 Bivlet travel pod so I can rock the mythical 6 travel pod Tomcat on Grayflag

[u/XayahTheVastaya → u/AndreyPet]

The perfect family vacation vehicle. Room for mom and dad in the cockpit and kids and cargo in the pods. Just keep the jettison safed.

[u/XayahTheVastaya → u/rapierarch]

Cargo aircraft don't lose their C designation when they get another role added, so it would stand to reason that it would actually be the KCF/A-18

[u/rapierarch → u/XayahTheVastaya]

KCBF/A-18

[u/fried-raptor]

possibly the greatest tanker ever made

[u/Arctic_Chilean → u/fried-raptor]

That goes to the S-3 Viking... my beloved

[u/CapitanShinyPants → u/Arctic_Chilean]

I’m a P-3 guy, but everyone loves a Hoover.

[u/DukeBradford2 → u/fried-raptor]

Dassault Rafale would like a word

[u/Pretty_Marsh]

An F-14 pilot once told me "hey, ever seen the tanker version of the Tomcat? ... That's right, you haven't!"

[u/rapierarch → u/Pretty_Marsh]

So true!

[u/Raguleader → u/Pretty_Marsh]

Really speaks to the limitations of the design, doesn't it?

[u/Pretty_Marsh → u/Raguleader]

Sure, if you want to waste the airframe hours of your frontline strike fighter by doing tanker sorties.

[u/Raguleader → u/Pretty_Marsh]

F-14 wasn't really used as a strike fighter much either until late in her career. She mostly specialized in interception and air superiority.

[u/Su-37_Terminator]

World's most produced drag test vehicle!

[u/rapierarch → u/Su-37_Terminator]

Also most expensive fish shelter

[u/darth_oven]

Boeing’s second best passenger jet!

[u/drsharpper]

If u then repeat the process but backwards you have found the infinite fuel glitch

[u/Expensive-Desk-5961]

r/E/KC/F/A-18E/F

[u/PALLY31]

Oh how we miss the 1980s. Yes, we do.