Is it possible for a Military Transport aircraft....?

Question

Is it possible for a U.S. Military Transport aircraft to make a flight from USA to UK without having to land in Shannon, in the Republic of Ireland, to be re-fuelled?

Assuming that the Republic of Ireland remains a neutral country, and presumably such operations carried out in U.S. Military Transport aircrafts are classified, why not send out aircraft from UK to re-fuel the transport aircrafts in mid-air over international waters?

I believe I am correct when I say Hercules aircraft can fly from say Oxford in UK to Virginia in the USA without having to re-fuel anywhere mid-route...?

I include 2 links where I base my assumption and question on -

Republic of Ireland neutrality info - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docum...

The reason for my question - http://www.barder.com/ephems/598...... - in particular the book Ghost Plane by Stephen Grey (I include this final link as an aside http://www.barder.com/ephems/414)......

Answer 1

It appears that the range is classified, but it can refuel in air anyway, so no, it doesn't need to land to go around the world. It could, theoretically circumvent the world several times, as long as they had supplies and enough pilots to rotate shifts.

Answer 2

Shouldn't you be asking this in a East to West scenario.

Say can a Cargo plane hijacked from Kirghistan fly to New York City?? Then naive Americans answer yes our airplanes are the best.

How about this for a scenario can a cargo plane out fly a Predator drone with Hell Fire Missiles??

Go big Red Go

Answer 3

I believe they fly from the US to Afghanistan without landing, but they may well have to refuel in the air.
Some of our bombers flew direct from the UK to the Falklands using only air refueling.

Answer 4

But they could always do the angle to Thule in Greenland and avoid Ireland altogether

Answer 5

if it is lightly loaded it can reach germany