The KC-135 Stratotankers were originally expected to arrive at Eielson in 2023. It’s still not clear when the aircraft will get here.
An Alaska Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker from the 168th Air Refueling Wing at Eielson A.F.B. photographed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. KC-135 Stratotankers, the lynchpins of the U.S. military’s aerial refueling operations, have been assigned
According to Amanda Coyne, Sullivan’s communications director, Kendall relayed the decision reaffirming the military’s decision to bring four additional KC-135s to Alaska this week, though there is not yet a final timeline for when they will arrive and be put into regular use. Aerial refueling is the military capacity to add fuel to various planes in mid-flight, thereby extending their range. Though Alaska’s fleet of cutting-edge fighter jets has grown in recent years with the arrival of dozens of F-35s, the number of Stratotankers used to gas them up during trainings and intercept missions has remained flat,
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