A modern fighter-bomber can carry 7-15 tons of ordinance, including external attachments (with penalties for aerodynamics and radar signature). Do we know how much US and Israeli fighters have been carrying per sortie on average?
edit: One F-35 variant has an internal capacity of three tons and a total capacity of nine tons.
Update: the internal/external distinction only matters for the F-35. The F-15E and F-18 Super Hornet don’t have internal bomb compartments. I think those three are the main fighter-bombers being used by the US and Israel in this campaign.
A modern fighter-bomber can carry 7-15 tons of ordinance, including external attachments (with penalties for aerodynamics and radar signature). Do we know how much US and Israeli fighters have been carrying per sortie on average?
edit: One F-35 variant has an internal capacity of three tons and a total capacity of nine tons.
Update: the internal/external distinction only matters for the F-35. The F-15E and F-18 Super Hornet don’t have internal bomb compartments. I think those three are the main fighter-bombers being used by the US and Israel in this campaign.