Indege ya gisirikare ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika yo mu bwoko bwa Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker yakoreye impanuka mu gihugu cya Iraq, ibintu byateye impungenge ku bijyanye n’umutekano w’ibikorwa bya gisirikare muri ako karere.
Amakuru atangazwa n’inzego zitandukanye za gisirikare agaragaza ko iyi ndege yari iri mu bikorwa bya gisirikare bisanzwe, birimo gufasha izindi ndege kubona ibitoro mu kirere, mbere y’uko igira ikibazo cyatumye ikoroka. Nubwo ibisobanuro birambuye ku cyateye iyi mpanuka bitaratangazwa ku mugaragaro, bivugwa ko iperereza ryahise ritangira kugira ngo hamenyekane icyabiteye.
Indege yo mu bwoko bwa KC-135 ni imwe mu ndege z’ingenzi mu ngabo za Amerika kuko ikoreshwa cyane mu guha ibitoro izindi ndege z’intambara ziri mu bikorwa byo mu kirere. Iyi ndege ikorwa n’uruganda rukomeye rw’indege rwa Boeing, rukaba rumaze imyaka myinshi rukorana n’ingabo za Amerika mu gukora indege zifasha mu bikorwa bya gisirikare.
KC-135 ifite ubushobozi bwo gutwara ibitoro byinshi kandi ikabigeza ku zindi ndege ziri mu kirere, bigafasha izo ndege kuguma mu bikorwa igihe kirekire zidakeneye kugwa ku butaka kugira ngo zuzuzwe ibitoro. Ni imwe mu ndege zakoreshejwe cyane mu bikorwa bya gisirikare bya Amerika mu bice bitandukanye by’isi.
Abayobozi mu gisirikare cya Amerika batangaje ko bakomeje gukurikirana iby’iyi mpanuka ndetse banashimangira ko iperereza rigamije kumenya niba hari ikibazo cya tekiniki, ikirere kibi cyangwa izindi mpamvu zishobora kuba zaragize uruhare muri iyi mpanuka.
Iyi mpanuka ije mu gihe ingabo za Amerika zikomeje ibikorwa bya gisirikare mu bice bitandukanye byo mu Burasirazuba bwo Hagati, aho zikunze gukoresha indege nk’izi mu gufasha ibikorwa byazo byo mu kirere. Abasesenguzi mu bya gisirikare bavuga ko nubwo impanuka nk’izi zibaho gake, akenshi zihita zitangirwa iperereza rikomeye kugira ngo hirindwe ko byongera kubaho mu gihe kiri imbere.
