{"id":1548885,"date":"2026-06-05T11:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/kc-135-towing-accident-raf-mildenhall-june-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:58:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:58:31","slug":"kc-135-towing-accident-raf-mildenhall-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/kc-135-towing-accident-raf-mildenhall-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Two KC-135s Collide in Mildenhall Towing Mishap"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>The U.S. Air Force tanker fleet flew through Iranian missile barrages and one-way drone attacks during Operation Epic Fury &mdash; and brought most of its battered KC-135s home. The latest two casualties at RAF Mildenhall, though, never left the ground. They were parked.<\/p>\n<p>According to images taken by photographer Bob Archer and reported on June 3, a towing operation at the Suffolk base went wrong between May 28 and 29. While a tow vehicle backed KC-135R serial 59-1509 of the Tennessee Air National Guard&#8217;s 151st Air Refueling Squadron into a parking spot, its port-side horizontal stabilizer struck the starboard stabilizer of the adjacent aircraft &mdash; an unmarked KC-135R(T), serial 60-0362, of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing.<\/p>\n<p>The result: visible tearing and deformation on both tails, two grounded tankers, and ramp-side repairs at a base that has spent the past weeks processing far more dramatic damage.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Quick Facts<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.8\">\n<li><strong>What:<\/strong> ground collision during a towing operation at RAF Mildenhall, UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> between May 28 and 29, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aircraft 1:<\/strong> KC-135R 59-1509, 151st ARS, Tennessee Air National Guard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aircraft 2:<\/strong> KC-135R(T) 60-0362, 22nd Air Refueling Wing (unmarked)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Damage:<\/strong> torn and deformed horizontal stabilizers on both jets<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status:<\/strong> ramp repairs began May 30; both aircraft still in place as of June 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Stabilizer Meets a Stabilizer<\/h2>\n<p>Towing accidents are among the least glamorous ways to damage an aircraft, and among the most common. A KC-135 is over 41 metres long with a wingspan nearly as wide, and manoeuvring one backwards into a tight parking spot leaves little margin. This time the geometry didn&#8217;t work out: the left tailplane of the Tennessee jet sliced into the right tailplane of its neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>The photographs &mdash; taken from outside the base perimeter &mdash; show the torn skin on 59-1509&#8217;s stabilizer clearly enough to suggest both aircraft will need sheet-metal work before they fly again. Repairs were under way on the ramp by May 30, and as of June 2 neither jet had moved from its parking position.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=183786855  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/kc-135-damaged-stabilizer-closeup.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of the damaged KC-135 at RAF Mildenhall\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Maintenance stands surround the damaged tail section on the Mildenhall ramp. Image: Bob Archer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Fleet That Cannot Catch a Break<\/h2>\n<p>The timing gives this minor mishap an edge. The KC-135 force &mdash; still more than 350 strong and carrying the bulk of America&#8217;s aerial refueling mission alongside roughly a hundred newer KC-46s &mdash; has had a brutal few months. During Operation Epic Fury, the war with Iran, a Stratotanker was lost in a fatal mid-air incident over Iraq that killed six crew members. An unspecified number of additional KC-135s, and at least one KC-46, were damaged in Iranian missile and one-way drone attacks on Prince Sultan Air Base and other installations across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Mildenhall has been the stage for the aftermath. In late May, a KC-135 covered in battle-damage-repair patches &mdash; rough metal plates riveted over shrapnel holes &mdash; transited the base on its way home from the Middle East, a flying testament to what the fleet absorbed and survived.<\/p>\n<p>Which is what makes the towing accident sting. Aircraft that operated through missile barrages over the Gulf ended up with torn tails from a tug and a misjudged parking spot in Suffolk. No enemy action required &mdash; just physics, fatigue and very large aeroplanes in close proximity.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=689464523  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/kc-135-100arw-square-d-mildenhall.jpg\" alt=\"A 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 at RAF Mildenhall\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A KC-135 of RAF Mildenhall\\u2019s resident 100th Air Refueling Wing, wearing the Square D of the WWII \\u201CBloody Hundredth.\\u201D U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Campbell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why Every Tanker Counts<\/h2>\n<p>Sixty-plus years after entering service, the KC-135 remains the connective tissue of American air power &mdash; nothing crosses an ocean, holds a combat air patrol or surges to a crisis without it. With the fleet stretched by post-war repairs, sustained operational tempo and a slow KC-46 ramp-up, even two tankers sidelined for days of stabilizer repairs is capacity the Air Force would rather not lose.<\/p>\n<p>Both jets should be flying again soon; tailplane skin damage is well within the routine repair playbook. But the episode is a reminder that for a fleet this old and this busy, the threats aren&#8217;t only at the sharp end of the map. Sometimes they&#8217;re in the next parking spot.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: reporting and images by Bob Archer; The War Zone; Air Force fact sheets<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/kc-135-stratotanker-battle-damage-mildenhall-iran-may-2026\/\">Battle-Damaged KC-135 Tankers Are Limping Home Through Mildenhall<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/patched-pressurised-flown-home-the-tanker-iran-couldnt-kill\/\">Patched, Pressurised, Flown Home: The Tanker Iran Couldn&rsquo;t Kill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Air Force tanker fleet flew through Iranian missile barrages and one-way drone attacks during Operation Epic Fury &mdash; and brought most of its battered KC-135s home. 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