Originally Posted by
Tark
They dont need to fly to Istanbul... it's just that Istanbul is right in the middle between asia and europe. It's a great point to compare range of different airplanes.
Also the cost related to refuling > initial cost.
EDIT and no... the 450 would not be able to fly from Washinton to Istanbul either.
No, i mean they can use large militery aircraft from Andrews if they wanted to.
You know, big assed jet?