Talk:AIF/@comment-10905876-20141023155302

A new aircraft (lost of airplanes lately) taxies from a hangar to a long runway at an AIF airbase. It is not a combat aircraft, and indeed looks to be developed from a civilian airliner. It is cleared to take off, and it's four engines roar to life as it lumbers into the air after a long takeoff roll. Once it is airborne, the two smaller engines outboard are kept at low idle to save fuel, as they are only needed as boost engines during takeoff and high speed refueling operations. Flight tests are all successful, and soon refueling practice is begun, starting with fighters, and eventually a B-95 is fueled. Soon the KC-15 is in production, providing the AIF the capability to keep planes aloft all day, every day.