A KC-135 tanker assigned to McConnell AFB, Kan., had to make an emergency landing on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Monday due to a suspected fuel leak, reported Stars and Stripes. The tanker touched down at Sol San Juan airport in Palma de Mallorca on the Mediterranean island off of Spain’s eastern coast. There were no reported injuries and the airplane was expected to leave the airport upon completion of repairs, according to the newspaper’s Sept. 30 report, which cited an Air Force official and a statement from the US embassy in Madrid. The tanker had taken off from the Spanish air base at Moron in southern Spain, outside of Seville.
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
