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UK's first transatlantic F-35 delivery flight delayed by weather

Blake St. Claire

> 6,440km (4,000 mile) flight, ... one would expect there to be a minimum

> of two refuelling points on the journey from their current location on the

> US Marine Corps airfield at Beaufort, South Carolina, to RAF Marham in

> Norfolk.

Srsly? They're flying non-stop from Beaufort, NC? And will fly right over Boston/Logan and Bangor Intl.

Bangor even has an ANG base if they had some some qualms about flying military aircraft into a commercial airport. Although there's nothing wrong with that, per se, AFAIK. That would cut about 800nm off the trip and probably eliminate one aerial refueling.

WRT the idea of crating them up and shipping them. If "A ship in port is safe. But that's not what ships are built for." then I'd claim that a fighter jet in a crate is also safe, but that's not what fighter jets are for. If you're worried about a bit of egg on your face if you splash one, better to put them in a crate. (And then have egg on your face for a different reason.)

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