727 posted on 01/15/2019 6:11:05 PM PST by greeneyes [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 614 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
To: greeneyes
***I missed seeing anything that said the planes came from Guam***
I confess you have completely lost me. The original article discussed mentioned sending B-2 bombers to Hawaii recently. I linked to a WaPo article of a year ago with the headline 'Air Force deployed B-2 stealth bombers to Guam as sensitive talks involving North Korea commenced' and you see no Guam connection. I guess we will just leave it at that.
782 posted on 01/15/2019 7:39:42 PM PST by Bob Ireland ****************************************************************************
LOL, well I'll make one last attempt to communicate.
I was not referring to your article at all in my response. The article from Zero Hedge that I posted said the planes came from Kansas City.
Zero Hedge article did not say anything about coming from Guam, and that is what I tried to communicate.
I was not able to get back to that article to refresh my memory, hence I said " Maybe we sent additional planes to Hawaii, or maybe they came from Guam -TBD."(TBD means to be determined).
NOTE I SAID MAYBE THEY CAME FROM GUAM????
The notation that planes did not come from Guam is NOT saying that I "see no Guam connection"-that's your interpretation and far from what I said or meant.
I will just add that I did read your article and it did not really answer the question of whether the planes were left on Guam, returned to KC, or moved to Hawaii.
In addition, the stated reason for Hawaii location, was to showcase to Americans and the International Audience that plane is on watch 24/7.
IIRC, in previous discussions, Hawaii is strategically located for protection of Japan, should someone be stupid enough to shoot a missile toward them.
I hope that clarifies the situation.
Hawaii is much more than defense of Japan. It is US Pacific Command, and also Space Command (SPACOM).
In the event of theater action in East Asia or the Pacific, all the battlefield data is pumped back to the Generals and Admirals inside those Hawaii command bases.
In recent years the center of the action is shifting more to Guam, probably at least in part to shorten the comm links.
Both of these would be amongst the most strongly defended points in the world.
My only question was that I wonder why they moved B-2 operations from Guam to Hawaii. I guess we are just on different pages.
Catherine Herridge (FOX Ace Reporter) reported yesterday that the couple of bombers in question were dispatched to HAWAII, *from their “usual location” on GUAM*.
Herridge said that three other of those planes remained behind, on GUAM.