The Kansas Air National Guard’s 184th Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base has flown its last KC-135 tanker, reports The Wichita Eagle. Its sister unit, the 190th ARW at Topeka, will continue to fly the KC-135, but, as we reported in December, the 184th is converting to an intelligence mission.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…