Connected I wonder? Looks like has been picking something up. May be a coincidence...

KC-135 #AE0597 59-1502

#USAF KC-135R/T stratotanker seen on the flight radar having departed from okinawa kadena AB japan, the pair circling over the east china sea, looks to be an AAR pattern. #AE0597 #AE0681

#USNavy P-8A poseidon also in the area, looking to have been briefly tracked close to taiwan. #AE6847