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In my opinion the US government is Pathetic. As the US government is cutting the budgets for all kinds of domestic programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and so onâ¦
The US still is sending a lot of money to help Israel. For a long time Israel has been the largest annual recipient of US foreign aid.
In turn, the Israelis are taking this money and are wasting in military exercises to show that they are capable of reaching Iran for some kind of bombing run and getting back to Israel â they did that with 100 F-16âs plus the refueling tankers.
When you consider that gasoline is trading at US$ 140 dollars per barrel and airplane fuel are very expensive then Israel did spend a ton of money with these F-16âs exercises.
Since the F-16âs required refueling in the air to be able to return to Israel then they used these fighter jets for a run longer than the 1,000 miles regular range for these airplanes.
If we use 1,500 miles for round trip for each fighter jet they would need at least 18,000 pounds of fuel or 2,700 gallons of jet fuel at about US$ 4.50 per gallon.
Including the refueling airplanes plus the 100 F-16âs this Israeli military exercise it did cost the US taxpayer US$ 1.5 million dollars in jet fuel alone.
I find it interesting how Americans donât have a better way to spend the money that they borrowed from China other than give it to Israel as foreign aid to be pissed away like this.
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Note: On an average flight from Los Angeles to New York, a Boeing 767 burns around 50,000 pounds of fuel. Jet fuel weighs about 6.7 pounds per gallon, so thatâs 7, 463 gallons. (Info from:
http://www.alliedpilots.org/Public/Topics/Issues/is_17.pdf )
Info from US Air Force website:
The F-16 can fly more than 500 miles (860 kilometers), deliver its weapons with superior accuracy, defend itself against enemy aircraft, and return to its starting point. An all-weather capability allows it to accurately deliver ordnance during non-visual bombing conditions.
Fuel Capacity: 12,000 pounds with two external tanks (5,443 kilograms)
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