US Air Force plane declares emergency while flying to UK base from Israel

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A US Air Force plane declared an emergency while flying from Israel to a British airbase. The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, which took off from Ben Gurion Airport earlier today en route to RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, is believed to have experienced a hydraulic issue, according to an aircraft-tracking account on X. The crew transmitted a Squawk 7700 code - the international signal for a general emergency - off the coast of Norfolk, where flight-tracking data show the refuelling aircraft making

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