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Interesting, so looks like I was wrong and the F-22 indeed was originally meant to carry 20,650lbs of fuel. Shame the fuel was reduced because every bit of range is helpful in INDOPACOM. Also BDF mentioned that using CAD to measure the tank volume the EMD F-23 would have about 24% more internal fuel volume than YF-23 which has about 18,000lbs so that's about 22,320lbs, which is not dramatically more than the F-22 if those tanks in the vertical fin and saddle weren't cut. And it's possible the EMD F-23 would have suffered similarly if selected.

[QUOTE="RadicalDisconnect, post: 715016, member: 10699"] Interesting, so looks like I was wrong and the F-22 indeed was originally meant to carry 20,650lbs of fuel. Shame the fuel was reduced because every bit of range is helpful in INDOPACOM. Also BDF mentioned that using CAD to measure the tank volume the EMD F-23 would have about 24% more internal fuel volume than YF-23 which has about 18,000lbs so that's about 22,320lbs, which is not dramatically more than the F-22 if those tanks in the vertical fin and saddle weren't cut. And it's possible the EMD F-23 would have suffered similarly if selected. [/QUOTE]

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