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2x USAF RC-135R Mid-Air Refuelers

The RC-135 has 14 variants which include:

RC-135A,

RC-135B,

RC-135C Big Team,

RC-135D Rivet Brass,

RC-135E Rivet Amber,

RC-135M Rivet Card,

RC-135S Rivet Ball,

RC-135S Cobra Ball,

RC-135T Rivet Dandy,

RC-135T Trainer Configuration,

RC-135U Combat Sent,

RC-135V/W Rivet Joint,

RC-135X Cobra Eye,

RC-135W Air Seeker.

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I would expect that the balloon would have been "examined" by several of these RC-135 variants as it floated across the U.S.

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Live video from Fox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=nsQaM3i885A

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The have been several flybys in the past 10 minutes by US surveillance planes on the live video.

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https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4128532/posts?page=80#80

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F22s circling apparently.

[PIF]

Why Shooting Down China’s Spy Balloon Over The U.S. Is More Complicated Than It Seems
The emergence of the Chinese balloon above the U.S. left many asking why not just shoot it down, but it’s not that simple.

[Need to read as all the obvious methods are not reliable, and it may turn out to not be doable.]