Dassault Rafale - Variants, Characteristics, Armament and Performance

No, fighter jet is supposed to have refuel thing. I mean I guess they could’ve had a boom style but idk if France can afford those tankers since they are really big and they would need a lot of them

fun fact:

gripen also has a refuling boom

yes but its not fixed like one the Rafale

Eurofighter and Gripen both have refuelling probes. They fold theirs away for better aerodynamics / RCS though, which I’d argue makes them more practical.


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(Pretend Gripen is in the title too)

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I think Rafale has it like that to reduce cost and increase reliability due to less moving parts. Personally, I think it is worth the aerodynamical penalty, since what happens if the fueling probe doesn’t open up

i mean

i could rename it to “Eurocanard battlefield”


Why I love Rafale

because it has botox injections?

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Well it’s a plane with composites so yes, they all do.

But no Angelina Jolie’s are natural just emphasized and Rafale pulls em off too

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Nah, if you want a plane that looks like it swallowed a bee look at the Eurofighter

the EF dosent look like he has the face of a person that swallowd a bee

but the rafale does

EFT looks so soggy, even its fuselage is drooping
Rafale is strong and prominent
Truly, peak dorito

sure

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MALEFICENT TRIANGLE MY BELOVED

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all iam seeing is more botox and bad face lifts

The average Eurofighter fan mind simply cannot process such design

who said iam a EF fan

best looking plane to ever exist is the Flanker

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