9 US KC-135 Tankers Active Over Hormuz Region Amid MOU Implementation
✈️ HORMUZ — Nine tankers airborne means US aircraft aren't going home. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: KC-135s don't refuel themselves — they extend strike or patrol aircraft range and loiter time. Nine active simultaneously over Hormuz signals sustained air presence, not routine transit. As Iran's permit system takes effect and Geneva implementation stumbles, Washington is keeping kinetic options visible without pulling the trigger. Tehran reads tanker counts.