The United States Air Force has deployed at least ten (10) air-refueling stratotankers to the Middle East. It appears the US itself will directly refuel Israeli jets used to attack Iran.
The KC-135 strato-tanker is shown below in a FILE PHOTO (not today):
The radar image below shows the tankers as of about 6:30 AM today, Friday, 25, October 2024. By now, they have all arrived.
From USA:
Each Strato-tanker carries about 83,000 pounds of fuel. Each can refuel up to TWO fighter jets at the same time, allowing a five plane squad to be refueled in “under 30 minutes.”
The typical F-15, which Israel uses, carries about 7,000 pounds in its internal fuel tank, but __can__ be equipped with up to three (3) external tanks at 750 gallons each.
So each of the strato-tankers shown above can refuel up to ELEVEN fighter jets before the tanker itself is empty.
Now, if Israel…
