LONG RANGE FORKLIFT

Also provided with the F-111 is one 600 US gallon external fuel tank. This particular tank carries the serial number A21-45 which was allocated by the US manufacturer and therefore has no relationship to the RAAF F/A-18 Hornet which coincidentally carries the same serial number. Nevertheless, F-111 devotees have been known to make disparaging comparisons between the size and fuel capacity of the F-111 external tank and the size and fuel capacity of the Hornet itself!
Image: Ron Cuskelly

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