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UPDATE: US Air Force Tanker Fleet 10/05/2026 (Ceasefire Day 33) #FreeIran
--- Operation EPIC FURY / Project FREEDOM ---
Bit of a major update today instead of my weekly update on Tuesday as I'm going to be a little busy then. Overall tanker numbers have reduced slightly (230 down to 225) from my last update, but this coincides with a shift of some tankers into CENTCOM and others back to the US via UK/German bases. The implication of the change in positioning being that the US is now using the tankers in CENTCOM for operations and rotating them out with less used airframes elsewhere, while still running training flights for the RAF Fairford (EGVA)-based bombers in the UK and Mediterranean.
Of the 114 tankers identified in CENTCOM (Red Zone):
- 93 have been tracked flying so far in May 2026
- 37 of those have been tracked flying at least once in the last 36hrs
- The tanker with the oldest "last tracked" date was last seen on 21st March 2026
Usual rule, exact distribution I won't give out for now on the off chance that hostilities begin again in the coming days/weeks.
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