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It's possible but I'd caution people against assuming that the F-23 would have been affected the exact same way as the F-22 since Northrop may have went with a different route from Lockheed based on their trade studies. It's one of the pitfalls of these "what-if" alternate histories; it may, or may not, we don't know for certain. That said, I think it's reasonable to assume that at the time of EMD selection in 1991, the nominal internal fuel loads for the F-22 and F-23 weren't that different.

[QUOTE="icyplanetnhc (Steve), post: 715371, member: 11361"] It's possible but I'd caution people against assuming that the F-23 would have been affected the exact same way as the F-22 since Northrop may have went with a different route from Lockheed based on their trade studies. It's one of the pitfalls of these "what-if" alternate histories; it may, or may not, we don't know for certain. That said, I think it's reasonable to assume that at the time of EMD selection in 1991, the nominal internal fuel loads for the F-22 and F-23 weren't that different. [/QUOTE]

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