Brett Wilkins Jun 16, 2025

Flight-tracking websites showed dozens of Air Force aerial refueling planes departing from military bases in the United States and heading to Europe on Sunday, fueling speculation of direct U.S. involvement in the widening Israeli-Iranian war.

Military-focused news sites reported that around 30 U.S. Air Force KC-135R and KC-46A tankers were identified by flight-tracking software in what The Times of Israelcalled an “unprecedented mass deployment” to Europe.

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    7 months ago

    Watching https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ and filtering by military-only is fun.

    C17s flying back and forth between Ramstein and Israel for a couple hours already (not sure how many normally do, tbf. could be normal)

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      7 months ago

      Cool website. I’m not seeing shit for military flights in the ME. I wonder if they all went dark or if I am not filtering correctly.

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        7 months ago

        it’s not a lot, but quite a constant flow (mainly C17) for at least a couple hours.