• frongt@lemmy.zip
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    Midair collision with another aircraft. Doesn’t have any details about the other aircraft. Midair refueling is dangerous, I’m guessing it was that.

    • Wilshire@lemmy.worldOP
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      According to CBS News, the other aircraft involved in the crash of was another KC-135; the tanker that crashed in Iraq was carrying a total of six military personnel.

      It doesn’t make any sense.

      • saltesc@lemmy.world
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        Could be something similar to the Flight 1907 incident where a private jet down a 737, simply because of how its wing clipped/cut through the 737’s as they flew past each other.

        …and everyone was ignoring their radar and comms.

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          It looks like some of them can but not all. I would have guessed not, so that’s surprising to me.

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    So Iran doesn’t even need to shoot down US aircraft. The US and allies will just take care of it for them.