Categories October Surprise 2016 Login – Sign in to Yahoo Post author By Mike Nova Post date July 21, 2026 Sign in to access the best in class Yahoo Mail, breaking local, national and global news, finance, sports, music, movies… You get more out of the web, you get more out of life. ← Google → RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: A United States Air Force Boeing KC-135T Stratotanker (Registration: 60-0346) declared a general emergency today, broadcasting a Squawk 7700 distress code while operating in the central region of the Gulf. The emergency code was activated at precisely 06:38:04 UTC near the coordinates 26°04’47.6″N, 53°10’47.3″E, placing the aircraft in close proximity to the Iranian coastline. Prior to the incident, the aircraft was flying “dark,” operating with its ADS-B transponders disabled—a standard operational security (OpSec) measure for military flights in the region. The activation of the 7700 code indicates that the flight crew manually re-engaged the transponder to