Red Flag 11-2 is a large force exercise requiring many units to work together like a well-oiled machine, and if one piece were taken out, the whole operation would grind to a halt. A large and important cog in the Red Flag machine is the combined effort of four KC-135 Stratotanker units. "We're fueling their fight," said Maj. Emily Huhmann, detachment commander. "The war doesn't happen without the tankers -- it would not be worthwhile to put those support assets and the time into the training if we weren't there." The KC-135 aircraft and crewmembers from McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard...
