The United States' nuclear bombing is being deployed worldwide. Since the United States has begun dynamic deployment, the time, location and model of US nuclear bombers appearing overseas has become more difficult for opponents to understand. The B-1B strategic bomber and B-52H strategic bomber are currently a fighter jet that the United States has intensively deployed to Anderson Air Force Base in Guam, the second island chain. After completing the deployment, the US nuclear bombers will frequently go to the airspace around China to show off their power. According to a recent news disclosed by the US media, two B-1B strategic bombers affiliated to the US Air Force recently went to the eastern airspace of Japan for military operations. During the military operations in the eastern airspace of Japan, the KC-135T aerial tanker stationed in Japan also cooperated throughout the journey. Then at the critical moment when the KC-135T aerial tanker was cooperated throughout the journey, bad news came from the KC-135T aerial tanker. Due to the failure of the refueling rod of the KC-135T aerial tanker, the B-1B bomber and the KC-135T were all emergency landings.
According to the US media, two B-1B strategic bombers were already above the eastern waters of Japan and were receiving air refueling from the KC-135T aerial tanker. However, due to the failure of the refueling rod, the B-1B strategic bombers forced the emergency return to the second island chain Guam Anderson Air Force Base for landing, while the KC-135 aerial tanker carried out an emergency landing at the Yokota base .
This KC-135T aerial tanker, which was carrying out an emergency landing at Hengtian Base, has also been taken by a large number of Japanese netizens. It is understood that during the landing, the KC-135T aerial tanker cannot hold up the aerial tanker, which also caused the tanker to land with the gas lever. During the landing, the gas station also emitted sparks from the ground. Fortunately, the sparks from the gas lever did not cause the explosion to occur. After returning to Anderson Air Base in Guam, the B-1B strategic bomber was also inspected by ground personnel for assessment of the degree of damage. However, the United States has not disclosed the specific damage degree of the B-1B strategic bomber.
According to the information disclosed by the US media, the KC-135T aerial refueling machine was unable to recover its aerial refueling rod, which was an accident that occurred after refueling with the B-1B strategic bomber. Therefore, it is not the reason for the KC-135T and the aerial refueling machine themselves. Zhan Yan believes that it is not ruled out that the two aircraft were pulled or collided during the refueling process, resulting in the inability to recover the aerial refueling rod.
Although it is quite rare for hard tube aerial tankers to be unable to hold the refueling rod in the air for landing, such accidents had occurred in the United States a few weeks ago. At that time, a KC-46A aerial tanker produced by Boeing could no longer be able to hold the refueling rod during the landing process. At that time, the KC-46A aerial tanker carrying the US Congress delegation had to make an emergency landing at an air base in , New Jersey. Text/Aris