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 uses such aircraft to attack Iran, those planes __may__ need refueling before entering Iran air space, and __may__ need refueling coming out after potential combat.
Given the US has sent ten strato-tankers, and that Israel has several of its own, based on the number of strato-tankers, Israel can send 121 planes just with US tankers alone, or more if they also use Israeli tankers.
Each of those planes can carry at least two missiles (depending upon the weapon) so that's 121 planes times 2 missiles each, 242 targets inside Iran.
Now, if those Israeli planes also need to be refueled coming OUT of Iran, then it seems logical to cut the number of planes by HALF, because of the capacities of the strato-tankers.
Either way, the refueling capacity that is now in-theater, is sufficient for an Iran attack consisting of OVER 100 Israeli attack aircraft.
That will be a big attack. THAT, will likely start a very big war.
The fact that the US sent them this morning, and they are all arrived now, means the attack can come tonight, this weekend, or early next week.
The US doesn't send tankers like that to just sit around and do nothing.
UPDATE 6:12 PM --
Correction to this story. Turns out the US sent TWELVE (12) Tankers - as listed below:
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