Mission: 2 cells of Six “SJ” F-15’s from Seymour Johnson to Middle East via Lakenheath to relieve “MO”
Tankers involved
CLEAN 81 KC135R AE037E 63-8887
CLEAN 82 KC-62 AE5FA7 11-46060
CLEAN 83 KC-46 AE63B2 15-46070 (swapped to AE5FA6, 11-46059)
CLEAN 91 KC-135 AE04CC 62-3499
CLEAN 92 KC-46 AE63B6 20-46074
CLEAN 93 KC-46 AE5FA6 11-46059 (swapped to AE63B2, 15-46070)
4th Jan 2026
Positioning flights
CLEAN 81 63-8887 McConnell to MacDill 8JH 007E 11 004
CLEAN 82 15-46079 McGuire to Pease
CLEAN 83 15-46070 McGuire to Pease 8JH 007E 13 005 later swapped to 11-46059 for the actual mission
CLEAN 92 20-46074 McGuire to Pease 8JH 007E 22 005
CLEAN 93 11-46059 McConnell to Pease 8JH 007E 23 005 later swapped to 15-46070 for the mission
1st Cell – 1st leg to Lakenheath
6th Jan 2026 (Note, only one cell departed on 6th Jan)
CLEAN 82 with TABOR 31-33 89-0478, 89-0495 and 89-0496
CLEAN 83 with TABOR 34-36 89-1671, 89-1684 and 89-1695
CLEAN81 63-8887 KMCF to KMCF ,8PH 007E 11 006
CLEAN82 11-46060 KPSM to ETAD 8PH 007E 12 006
CLEAN83 11-46050 KPSM to ETAD 8PH 007E 13 006


1st Cell – 2nd leg, Lakenheath to Muwaffaq Salti, Jordan
8th Jan 2026
CLEAN82 11-46060 ETAD to ETAD 8PH 007E 12 006
CLEAN83 11-46059 ETAD to LERT 8PH 007E 13 006
CLEAN82 picked up the TABOR flight near Lakenheath:

Hand over from CLEAN82 to CLEAN83:

Message to CLEAN82: IF ITALY WILL NOT ALLOW TANKERS TO FLY FORMATION WITH TABOR 31-36 REQUEST TABOR 31-36 FLY THROUGH ITALY AIRSPACE WITHOUT TANKER ESCORT -- HAVE CLEAN 83 JOIN WITH FIGHTERS AT SUBOK -TANKER DO
Dropping off TABOR flight south of Greece (Tabor flight will fly onto Jordan without tanker support):

2nd Cell – 1st leg to Lakenheath
9th Jan 2025
CLEAN 91 KC-135 62-3499 KMCF to KMCF
CLEAN 92 KC-46 20-46074 KPSM to ETAD 8PH 007E 22 006
CLEAN 93 KC-46 15-46070 KPSM to ETAD 8PH 007E 23 006
Handover from CLEAN 91 to CLEAN 92/93:

TABOR Flight:
89-0502 F-15E 335 FS TABOR 41
88-1708 F-15E 335 FS TABOR 42
88-1676 F-15E 335 FS TABOR 43
90-0230 F-15E 333 FS TABOR 44
88-1683 F-15E 333 FS TABOR 45
87-0176 F-15E 336 FS TABOR 46
2nd Cell, 2nd leg Lakenheath to Jordan
11th Jan 2025

CLEAN93 just dropped off Tabor41 Flt, for them to continue to Jordan:
CLEAN93 returned to Rota
