Posted on 06/16/2025 7:54:54 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Reuters has confirmed that the US military redeployed a large number of aerial refueling tankers to Europe to provide “options” to President Trump amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict
People on X noticed all the tankers flying east last night on X
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U.S. military moves a large number of refueling tanker aircraft to Europe to provide options to Trump amid middle east tensions, two U.S. officials tell
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Again China is pleased.
Thick cloud cover but I heard the engines overhead here in Pennsylvania as I worked outside at my job.
I suspected something was up I the information posted online with the flight paths confirmed that.
We get drawn into Ukraine, we get drawn into Iran and China gets a free shot in the Western Pacific.
This is a PERFECT time for China to strike.
The US is dependent upon aerial refueling to have even a chance in the Pacific.
I read 25 of them have been relocated to the Mideast.
Why
Strike who, exactly?
Why does China need to do anything? I suspect China believes it merely needs to sit and wait while the USA blows out its public debt, pisses away its economic strength and military on another endless mideast war, and fractures its own internal politics.
A Twitter blogger reported this last night along with flight tracker data. I was going to post it here but was waiting for another source. Guess we have it now.
Here we go! This is the 1st step in preparing for an air assault on Iran.
I stated why in my post.
Taiwan, US allies and bases in the pacific.
But they’ve already prepared the ground much more broadly.
The US has over 600 of them.
https://www.globalfirepower.com/aircraft-total-tanker-fleet.php
Yawn. NATO air exercises, Finland, next 10 days.
Maybe they’re going to be used in the Nato exercise scheduled for June 16 thru 27 in Finland.
“Yawn. NATO air exercises, Finland, next 10 days”
And we supposedly have 600 refueling Tankers of various type aircraft. 4% pffft.
The answer is, probably not.
Social media is driven by getting clicks on links, which favors sensationalism over real reporting. When ordinary and mostly unreported events happen, they get a big boost on social media. The more unreported, the more people click on catchy headlines, even if what is happening is no big deal.
NATO exercise Atlantic Trident 25 started in Finland today. This NATO's multi national air force exercise held every few years since 2015. Any big exercise involving the air forces of multiple countries will need lots of refueling aircraft.
Finland joined NATO in 2023, and this is the first time Atlantic Trident has been held in Finland. The real target of this deployment is sending a message to Russia, not Iran.
Looking at the big picture regarding Israel, the U.S. is presumed to either have or quickly get assets to the Middle East to support Israel if needed. No big deployment of refueling aircraft in the middle of the night is needed. If was necessary, the tankers would have turned off their transponders and their absence reported later.
The Israel Air Force * is operating with impunity over Iran without any outside support. This is not air superiority, this is Desert Storm air dominance. From what has been seen so far, there is no need for any U.S. support equipment like tankers to get involved.
* and Mossad in the streets of Tehran.
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