CNN and
Daily Mail are now reporting the KC-135 is departing the Havre, Montana area to the west, and the airspace restriction has been lifted.
(scroll down below the maps to see the update).
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ercept-it.html
Starting to get the feeling these are now exercises in "Poking the Eagle - and perhaps the Beaver." Maybe to test responsea, or play "the boy who cried wolf" until our guard slips (again), or just hazing in payback for continued legitimate recon flights over the China Sea, etc.