Harrier Dude
Living the dream
You're not going to get a big USAF tanker on station for every flight ops cycle. There needs to be gas available for the recovery and the flexibility in case things change. Bottom line, boat ops require organic tanking assets. That's not likely to change any time soon.
Brett
We don't even have a tanker at the boat. You either get aboard flying, or in the SAR helo. Then again, we have like a 99.9% boarding rate.