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F-16s being loaded onto a Ukrainian An-124 in Arizona, USA. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ease of transfer (one pilot vs multiple for a looooong flight, probably no refuel on the Antonow, and if so it eats less specialised stuff than the F-16s) and maybe even fuel efficiency, I would guess.

Also, one cargo plane raises less eye brows than a flock of fighters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AN-124’s are extremely inefficient - it’s probably stopping 2-3 times on route, but still easier to arrange than flying each plane.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Think they'd go west over the pacific or back across the US?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Back across the US - Portland Maine is a popular tech stop for the AN124’s and then probably someplace in the UK

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Both aircraft types will almost certainly be running Jet A1, or whatever the military version of it is.