Tankers?
According to the article, it’s somehow related to the Thunderbirds.
Nope...check on google for a Thunderbirds article. The leadership involved in the episode...pushed every single button...over various objections of contracting and their own audit folks....to give a contract to a favorite character of theirs. This went very high...and demonstrated absolute incompetence amongst AF leadership in achieving such corrupt action and then just standing there condoning what had been done. They weren’t even willing to punish the folks involved to the letter of the law involved...had it been a Captain or NCO, it would be a major criminal offense. They just wanted to look the other way and pretend it wasn’t that bad.