March 17, 201115 yr I think the situation is that you can't refuel tankers (in Harpoon). I believe the manual states that tankers can't refuel THEMSELVES. I think you are right but I think the translation into Harpoon reality is that you can't refuel tankers in general, at least I've never been able to using normal refuelling procedures. There might be a trick to do it, any ideas?? Don That reminds me of a situation that happened recently, where I had four F-14A's configured with tanker loadouts, and due to a SNAFU, they were heading off towards a base in Timbuktu, instead of to their originating base. Thus, they were running out of fuel. Fortunately - or so I thought - a KC-10 was nearby, so I introduced them and tried to re-fuel. It seemed to be working, but the range circle on the F-14s kept on getting smaller, and eventually they dropped out of the sky. Now, this was close enough that I'm not sure if it was just a case that there was not enough time to do the refueling, but it certainly gave the impression that the F-14's were not IFR capable (like the similar situation with that KA-6, which actually happened in the same incident, BTW). Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that F-14As were IFR-capable... or does having them in the Tanker loadout remove that capability? Confirm, and confirm. Just ran a test: Battle for Norwegian Sea 2 Nordic Light. 1) Launch F/A-18C (tanker). This plane type CAN ifr. After it gets low on fuel, it tries to refuel itself. The result is that it simply dumps its own refuel store with no other effect. 2) Launch F/A-18E (tanker) to bring fuel to first plane. Refueling proceeds normally, except that the second plane simply dumps its fuel. Conclusion: tankers cannot be refueled, and an ifr-capable plane with the tanker loadout loses its ability to be refueled.
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