Analysis of Three Possible Causes for the US Air Force Refueling Aircraft Crash
This photo (suspected to be the second refueling aircraft making a forced landing at Tel Aviv Airport) partially confirms the collision in mid-air theory: the upper part of the vertical tail fin of the aircraft was directly cut off. Why the two aircraft were so close and how the accident occurred remain unclear at this time.
One explanation for the cause of the accident is that air traffic control and flight command errors led to the collision between the two KC-135 refueling aircraft, but there is currently no evidence to support this.
Another version points to: Iranian proxy forces in western Iraq may have shot down one and damaged another; KC-135s usually refuel at heights of 5-6 kilometers, and it is not difficult to shoot them down.
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