The Air Force is mobilizing refueling tankers
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Once again, my hope is that Nothing continues to Happen.
Please no more retard wars.
The U.S. is now deploying 24 Air Force tankers eastward—an unprecedented surge far beyond any NATO exercise like Trident Juncture.
Trident Juncture 2018 (the largest in recent years): — The U.S. deployed around 6–8 tankers: KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-10 Extenders, mostly from bases like RAF Mildenhall and Ramstein NOT from US Bases.
— Additional tankers are often contributed by NATO partners (e.g., UK, Netherlands, Germany), bringing the total to 10–15 tankers in theater at MOST.
This isn’t routine. These tankers are strategic force multipliers, enabling long-range ops for bombers, fighters, and ISR assets.
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Overkill for a backwater country that doesnt even have a sweage system.
See, this is the sort of thinking that resulted in the october 7th massacre. Your leaders wanted a few deaths in a music concert, not hundreds. Overkill is the only standard for dealing with the enemy and you'd best realize that.
Looks like things are escalating.
Nothingbros, I don't feel so good....
Sadly, one of the biggest exports from the USA is war, and products for war. I just said that like Hank Hill and feel weird.
Trump lies about peace and non-involvement while deploying for war.
Betting they set up a fueling conveyor belt over the Gulf, so the IAF can pound every Iranian airbase all the way to the Pakistani border. They've got them on the back foot already, they might as well go for the total KO and just demolish Iran's everything.
Spoken like a guy who lives in a world with no consequences.
If the Israelis have air supremacy, which my understanding is they do, it's the perfect time to hunt down every last launcher and aircraft the Iranians have. They've been hiding their attack capacities in the east for decades.
Pour one out for the F-14, cuz the last ones still flying are probably gonna burn in the next few days.
Got them on the back foot? I've literally seen live footage of THAADs and Israeli high value targets get smacked by hypersonic missiles daily from Iran.
Just like the Ukrainian war has shown, they most likely don't have enough munitions to "demolish Iran's everything". High intensity war burns through ammunition quick and alot of it is highly specialized and not manufactured in high qualities. Add to it that the west has been pouring all their available arms into their proxy war with Russia for the last three years and Israel is gonna be up shit's creak very soon.
They need the US to come in or they're gonna be in big trouble. If they could KO Iran by themselves they wouldn't be asking daily for the US to join the war.
My understanding is that the Israeli air force has achieved air supremacy, so yes.
If they're able to operate not only their fighters, but their aerial radar assets over Iranian territory, then they have EVERY reason to park overhead, wait for the launchers to show themselves, and then hammer them when they do.
Fly safely, dear.