Ok, now this is making sense. If the K-max UAV comes online then a whole lot of stuff comes together. A certain blog has criticized the F-35 for requiring too much gas in forward operating base.
My response was that it would require less than a full gas tank to accomplish its mission since it would be forward based. The same critique could be applied to tanks in Afghanistan.
This would seem to make Distributed Operations a nice dream but realistically undoable due to exposed supply lines....but bring into the equation not only the CH-53K but also the K-max UAV that's able to operate around the clock without worry of pilot fatigue and suddenly it comes together nicely.
Now the only thing left is to get the thing to Afghanistan and see if the experiment works!
