# Where can I find technical info on USAF "drop tanks"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-technical-info-on-usaf-drop-tanks/204606 "2003-09-30T02:16:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-technical-info-on-usaf-drop-tanks/204606/1 "2003-09-30T02:16:21Z")

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…it’s pretty much all there in the title.

The kind of info I’m looking for would be; how many types of drop tanks are currently used for military aircraft (Not just the USAF, really); what are the weights, full and empty, for the various drop tank models; and what are the rough dimensions (length, width, etc) for said models (photographs would be nice, too)?

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-technical-info-on-usaf-drop-tanks/204606/2 "2003-09-30T04:13:25Z")

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Here is a site by one of the major suppliers of external tanks: [Sargent Fletcher Inc.](http://www.sargentfletcher.com/eft.htm)