The aircraft are assigned to the Kadena-based 909th Air Refueling Squadron, providing aircrews to support both "peacetime operations and conflicts" in the Indo-Pacific theater. The 18th Wing told ...
The bombers were refuelled by KC-135 Stratotankers of the 909th Air Refueling Squadron (909th ARS) over the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 15, with at least two refuelers visible in the pictures released.