There is only the ocean along the way though, I don't think it would be possible to drop resupply fuel that way. Aerial refueling though I guess could work, al

There is only the ocean along the way though, I don't think it would be possible to drop resupply fuel that way. Aerial refueling though I guess could work, although I suspect that no suitable tanker airplane is to be found within range anyway most of the time (and no suitable helicopter either) as the military base on Réunion is not a major air force base and there is no other country than France with decent forces in the area. Australia has tankers but they're on the wrong side of their country, nowhere near Perth. I think we're getting beyond very, very expensive here and into the territory of things no country would do outside of extraordinary circumstances, the kind of circumstances in which the country operating the base would not matter anyway as most others would cooperate in any way they could.