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  • Re: For nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan

    From Juergen Nieveler@usenet@nieveler.org to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval on Mon Mar 16 08:36:50 2026
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    "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:


    The downed KC-135?

    Or terror state AI proxiwes?
    ------------------------------
    The KC-135 that survived apparently had the top of its tail cleanly
    sliced off and scratches below, as from a midair collision rather than
    an attack. I haven't found reports from the other plane's crew.

    Yes, that apears to be a genuine SNAFU.

    However... the USAF is down another 5 KC-135 for at least several weeks... apparently somebody (China or Russia...) gave them very fresh sat images
    of a certain airfield in Saudi-Arabia... fresh enough that when the drones arrived enough planes were still parked in the same spot.

    None were totalled allegedly, but 5 were severely damaged, so at least a mission-kill.
    --
    Juergen Nieveler

    Ceterum censeo NSA esse delendam
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  • From Jim Wilkins@muratlanne@gmail.com to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval on Mon Mar 16 07:31:51 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.aviation.military



    "Juergen Nieveler" wrote in message news:XnsB41161A5D4D58juergennieveler@nieveler.org...

    "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:


    The downed KC-135?

    Or terror state AI proxiwes?
    ------------------------------
    The KC-135 that survived apparently had the top of its tail cleanly
    sliced off and scratches below, as from a midair collision rather than
    an attack. I haven't found reports from the other plane's crew.

    Yes, that apears to be a genuine SNAFU.

    However... the USAF is down another 5 KC-135 for at least several weeks... apparently somebody (China or Russia...) gave them very fresh sat images
    of a certain airfield in Saudi-Arabia... fresh enough that when the drones arrived enough planes were still parked in the same spot.

    None were totalled allegedly, but 5 were severely damaged, so at least a mission-kill.
    --
    Juergen Nieveler

    Ceterum censeo NSA esse delendam

    -----------------------------

    We have hundreds of tankers, each with the ferry range to deploy to anywhere on internal fuel.

    There must be an intense race right now between hardening and jamming / spoofing sat nav systems.

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  • From Jim Wilkins@muratlanne@gmail.com to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval on Mon Mar 16 14:24:29 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.aviation.military

    "Jim Wilkins" wrote in message news:10p8pm7$1ubcl$1@dont-email.me...

    We have hundreds of tankers, each with the ferry range to deploy to
    anywhere
    on internal fuel.

    From 2007:
    https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0207tanker/
    "SAC embraced the KC-135. The command purchased 732 KC-135 Stratotankers, to go with its 744 B-52 bombers."

    https://www.globalfirepower.com/aircraft-total-tanker-fleet.php
    Due to our geographic isolation every bomber needs a tanker. Unfortunately Communism is inherently hostile.

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