Shortage Of Tanker Aircraft Scrubs Red Flag Drills

The U.S. Air Force has cancelled the latest Red Flag drills because of a lack of aerial tankers to refuel the aircraft, reports the Air Force Times.

Air Force F-16s were scheduled to fly from Aviano Air Base, Italy, to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., for the drills next week, but could not get the tanker support to make the flight.

"Without a strike force, we lost the central focus of a large force employment exercise and bang-for-the-buck of our training dollar was minimized,"...