Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
And try telling a fighter bubba to fly endurance or at optimum, or perhaps, no afterburner takeoffs/touch-n-go closed patterns. Haha ... yeah right!
Haha, not to mention we're a drop in the bucket compared to you guys. We can only carry 12k of fuel. How long does it take you guys to burn that much?
In all seriousness, we fly at a slower, fuel saving speed to and from the area. Going to the area, it's more of a having more gas to use tactically mindset. Inside the area fuel saving is out the window. On the way home max range is usually necessary because, inevitably someone is close to min fuel. We only use burner on takeoff if told requires it, again we would rather have that gas for the area. The only way burner is used on a go-around it's because the dude scared the $hit out of himself and needed to get out of a bad situation...or they want to lower their landing weight for a short runway (should be done on the way home...gotta keep the noise complaints down).