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		ChocolateGod 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK to buy F-35As that can't be refueled from RAF t... The title is misleading no? The F-35As can be adapted to use probe and drogue system the RAF uses. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818131239/http://www.dodbuz...

ethbr1 3 months ago [–]

The title is arguably clickbait.

The RAF could order the same F-35A+probe variant that the Royal Norwegian Air Force reportedly did.

ChocolateGod 3 months ago | [–]

So the author of the article is just telling porkies, because I found out the correct information after spending 2 minutes of googling.

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