| 1. | It can carry two external drop tanks under the engine intake ramps.
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| 2. | The Vigilante originally had two wing pylons, intended primarily for drop tanks.
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| 3. | The forward fuselage was built from a Lockheed P-38 Lightning drop tank.
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| 4. | The F-3 could carry a 66-Imp gal ( 300 liter ) drop tank.
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| 5. | Drop tanks were introduced and the Soviet pilots became more aggressive.
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| 6. | Weapons and fuel drop tanks could be carried under the wings as well.
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| 7. | In addition, 30, 45, 50 or 90 gal drop tanks could be carried.
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| 8. | The P-38 could also carry two 300-to-330-gallon drop tanks for its longest sorties.
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| 9. | Because the extra seat decreases range, a pair of drop tanks are carried.
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| 10. | The P38 pilots jettisoned their drop tanks and bored in for the attack.
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