Seen over Somerset UK

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How many schools will that level?

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CuriousPocketz@reddit

not certain but i thought JASSM’s were painted “black” and have almost an arrowhead shape, those in the photos look like agm-86c ALCM’s cuz the shape and color under wing.

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bigmike2k3@reddit

And that’s just under the wings… there could be up to 8 more inside the bomb bays…

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Hustinettenlord@reddit

To be fair, there probably are.

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Wild_Medicine7311@reddit (OP)

Very much so. Rather innerving looking up at it realising what was directly above me!

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TheBlack2007@reddit

It's Cruise Missiles. These Bombers don't need to pass over their targets anymore. They'll just launch their payload a couple of hundred Miles away from the intended target and the Missiles will navigate towards them on their own. Anything else would be suicide in a non-pacified airspace anyway. Still, we should follow Spain and Austria and lock our airspace for US Military Flights until further notice.

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CarletonWhitfield@reddit

Get a responsible energy policy and fund your military to a level where you can defend your economy then come talk to us about overflight. Until then, please sit in the corner while we handle business on behalf of the rest of you who managed your way into a circumstance where you can’t.

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TheBlack2007@reddit

Uhh, remind me: who's been begging whom for assistance after the allmighty US Navy suddenly realized they have no means to clear mines besides sailing their Destroyers straight into them?

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swift1883@reddit

Actually one needs only simple missiles to deal with unwanted overland traffic.

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SuperClogs1@reddit

What a crazy take

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The UK wont but absolutely should...coming from a Yank.

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CyberSoldat21@reddit

B-52s have been cruise missile carriers since the hound dog missile days. Ideally dumb bomb dropping in Vietnam was more effective than cruise missiles.

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Electrical-Lab-9593@reddit

even the bombs mostly now will have jdam kits?

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TurnoverMysterious64@reddit

JDAMs in general increase accuracy by adding GPS/INS guidance to a dumb bomb, but they don’t necessarily do much to increase the range. Most show a range of 13mi/24km with a couple ER (extended range) variants showing a range of 39mi/72km. That’s not enough to safely hit ground targets in areas where air supremacy hasn’t been achieved.

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Electrical-Lab-9593@reddit

agree i just mean even the dumb bombs are mostly smart now with the added kits.

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kinaflazy@reddit

US lost a horrendous number of airplanes over Vietnam. I don't think America has the apatite for even 10% of that.

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under_ice@reddit

Not even 0.0001%

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TheBlack2007@reddit

If your intention is to just carpet-bomb large areas, then sure: dumb bombs are cheap, reliable and effective - but you need the airspace cleared and air defenses suppressed before you can go in with these chonkers, otherwise it will cost you.

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

I can see the current government chucking B-52s into that airspace as if it were the Operation Linebackers again.

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Recoil42@reddit

>Anything else would be suicide in a non-pacified airspace anyway. Worth noting the US is actually claiming it's currently doing B-52 overland missions.

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

I wonder how many European nations have closed off their airspace for these attacks. It would be interesting if this kicked off another Operation El Dorado Canyon (circumnavigating the European continent). Especially with the KC-10s now retired with no replacement.

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WillyPete@reddit

Large number of kc-135s over tel aviv too

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cheetuzz@reddit

do they usually land while armed? or do they usually launch the missiles before landing? I guess my question is whether this is most likely a missile launch mission, or repositioning flight?

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Armodeen@reddit

They fly the missions non stop using tankers. This is a strike package outbound

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EvelcyclopS@reddit

Honestly quite shocking to see something in real life that’s GOING to kill a lot of people before it does so. In a few hours those pristine missiles will be charred remains, alongside the blood and guts of innocent people. Fucking disgusting actually

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spiral_out_46_2_@reddit

I was an AC-130 mechanic, and we knew when something was going down. I always felt bad watching the planes all fly off knowing some people were about to die.

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ChainringCalf@reddit

In a perfect world, no innocent people are involved

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zatalak@reddit

Are they able to land fully loaded?

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pipebeck@reddit

12 JASSMs by the looks of it

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kyrsjo@reddit

I think there was a post on r/whatisthisthing yesterday which turned out to be one of those, from someone's garden. What a time we live in.

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obolobolobo@reddit

What’s the give away? To me it just looks like a big plane. I would have assumed the massive escort meant someone important is on board.

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tibearius1123@reddit

The b52 has 4 engine pods. The innermost white clusters are pods of cruise missiles. The outside two white pointy things are also cruise missiles.

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obolobolobo@reddit

Oh, god. I see it now. Ty.

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Messyfingers@reddit

You're looking at the tankers, which have fighters behind them to be refueled. The B-52 has 12 visible cruise missiles(the white objects) on the wing racks

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The white things closest to the fuselage in photo #4. There are two "stacks" under each wing. Those are JASSM: https://preview.redd.it/05egiz8l8stg1.jpeg?width=816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0121b3d0203bb2b0047342561cc8dd44f627f85

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[https://youtu.be/GGU1P6lBW6Q?si=FlEkk8bh8xef0PkY](https://youtu.be/GGU1P6lBW6Q?si=FlEkk8bh8xef0PkY)

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TheBlack2007@reddit

Yup. That's a lot of Cruise Missiles.

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masteroffdesaster@reddit

no way? there's an active war going on and the B-52 is part of that, and it may be actually armed?

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YellowT-5R@reddit

What a great experience to see, but such a shitty reason to see it.

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Suspicious-Visit8634@reddit

Isn’t that pretty much every war plane?

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

Eh, you can see warplanes nowadays that aren't actively going to bomb people.

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dayofdefeat_@reddit

They wouldn't exist without the need to bomb things. Can't have it both ways.

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discographyA@reddit

Deterrence is a concept.

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self_loathing_ham@reddit

Deterrence requires demonstration

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discographyA@reddit

It does not. And sometimes a demonstration will actually show your deterrence is weak. Russia might still be thought of a fierce army when it was hypothetical as opposed to showing their ass in Ukraine during their 3 day operation.

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self_loathing_ham@reddit

Demonstrations can fail like anything else. That doesn't mean it isnt required. Take nukes: do you think nuclear deterrence would exist if we had simply built nukes but never actually detonate one? Just tell people what they can do without ever demonstrating?

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snarfgobble@reddit

Lol no it doesn't. I don't need a guy with a gun to demonstrate anything to me. Simply having it is sufficient.

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self_loathing_ham@reddit

Thats because you know what a gun can do. Because it was demonstrated at some point. Right? Would nuclear deterrence be a thing if we had simply built nukes but never used or tested them to see if they actually exploded?

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PeteLangosta@reddit

It does not, and the F-22 is a prime example in my opinion.

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ChainringCalf@reddit

Hopefully this concept

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Preserved_Killick8@reddit

i had a concept of deterrence

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

I mean, some bombers are retired but still fly. For instance I still remember my first time seeing (and hearing) a Vulcan fly. It was retired years ago and isn't going to bomb anything again.

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LegitimateSubject226@reddit

The only thing the Vulcan bombed in earnest was the runway at Port Stanley. If they had gone into action during the Cold War, scarily, none were expected to return

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dizietasma@reddit

Why’s that? Because they couldn’t escape the radiation blast?

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intern_steve@reddit

Radiation, air defenses, interceptors, lack of anywhere to return to. The concept of MAD is almost entirely lost on people today. The apocalypse doesn't look like fallout, it looks like a dead planet.

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Beeswing-@reddit

I miss seeing the Vulcan fly. Used to have it fly over my house every couple of years for an air show.

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AscendMoros@reddit

When I was in the AF we had a B29, B24 and B17 show up at an airshow at our base. My friend in PA got to fly on them both. The same B17 would later be involved in an air to air collision a few years later. https://preview.redd.it/68b4lvvr6stg1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fe1fd25f4f80497f4cf8f5e91c18c13cc487e0a The B2 was probably still the highlight of the show.

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aero_r17@reddit

It will also most likely never fly again

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

Tis a shame, I mention heard specifically because the sound of the thing flying was truly astonishing

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KosmolineLicker@reddit

I flew 1,000' below a Super Fortress, absolutely unforgettable.

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engapol123@reddit

So you can only appreciate military aircraft when they’re retired from active service? Where do you draw the line.

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

Why are you asking me? It was who I replied to who had an issue

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theaviationhistorian@reddit

Some are used as preventative measures. Have the best fighters, bombers, and munitions so that a nation thinks twice from invading or harming you. It's similar to why have nuclear missiles despite never using them.

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RoboOWL@reddit

I hope you don't think that about nuclear weapons

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Fillmore80@reddit

Cause it would matter? Us peons don't get to decide whether or not we get to live tomorrow.

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Brief-Preference-712@reddit

What people? IRGC?

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lueckestman@reddit

If Israel has their way there won't be any Iranians left.

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

I mean, one strike earlier in the war hit a school. The current targeted threats are bridges and power plants. I wouldn't call those military targets.

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Drenlin@reddit

Nah. I have a soft spot for ISR platforms. U-2, Blackbird variants, the horde of RC-somethings, etc. They do really cool, unique things that hurt nobody and in some cases even help prevent that from happening.

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LegitimateSubject226@reddit

Have a read of Ben Rich’s book about the Skunk works. The U2 almost certainly prevented a war as the Yanks could finally see what the Russians actually had

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Drenlin@reddit

I'm an Air Force imagery analyst, haha. Believe me, I'm well aware of the political side effects of aircraft like that. 😅

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B4rberblacksheep@reddit

Gonna be honest as well if I’m gonna see combat aircraft active over my country I’d at least rather they were ours and it was related to a conflict we were involved in.

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Tourist_Careless@reddit

Airshows exist lol

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RadioCheckCheck@reddit

Most of the time it isn't brazenly obviously they have recently or are about to commit war crimes

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Cheesewithmold@reddit

There are morally good reasons to fight from time to time.

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Pherllerp@reddit

I know it's not popular but sometimes seeing a warplane ready to fight for a good reason is great to see. War is hell but when there are good circumstances in which to fight. This is not one of them. I'm usually a rationally proud American. I can live with our warts and all. But this is atrocious. I will never recover from the shame.

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padizzledonk@reddit

I live under the approach for McGuire in NJ and i see them all the time Theres lots of benign sightings of warplanes

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Valuable-Sugar-9193@reddit

Well, if the war plane is participating in a necessary and just war, then no. If the war plane is protecting the country's borders and deterring aggression, then no.

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Aquanauticul@reddit

Only when they're actually being used. Love seeing them doing training nonsense in peace time

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withateethuh@reddit

I kinda like the f 22 a lot for just how little its been used actively in combat. I like when deterrents stay deterrents.

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Pretend_College_8446@reddit

When Spitfires and Hurricanes were protecting you, that was a pretty good reason. Shitty situation, but they were certainly happy to see them.

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Downtown-Act-590@reddit

This one is really special... I am personally extremely against the Iranian regime and I would normally have no problem with watching US planes taking off to bomb their criminal military. It really took a very unusual kind of rhetoric to make the sight of B-52, going to blow up some terrorist IRGC base, somewhat sour.

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

"A whole civilisation will die tonight" You have to wonder who can read that and still cheer

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swagmaster778@reddit

If his bootlickers haven’t turned on him already they never will. They form their opinions purely off what he says, they are incapable of thinking for themselves

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Kaffe-Mumriken@reddit

Sometimes they just blow up money

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No-Improvement-1507@reddit

rarely just money... animals, people, and flora are typically in the way

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YellowT-5R@reddit

Not necessarily, to me planes are planes Military or GA. Watching them fly over is always a treat. Even a 172 out with a student pilot (you can hear the difference 😂) I'm about 20 miles from KMIA, 5 miles from KTMB and about 20 miles from an Air Force base. They fly over constantly on weekends going out over the water to do runs. KC135s and KC46s are common when they are out practicing fueling. Sometimes we can catch them during the summer out over the water running the drills. It's so cool But to see this group and to know they are being staged to take innocent lives is horrible.

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Best captured in this video: [https://www.tiktok.com/@peteyusa/video/7055453511034686767](https://www.tiktok.com/@peteyusa/video/7055453511034686767)

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YellowT-5R@reddit

LMFAO 🤣

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atape_1@reddit

Yeah this isn't good... Everybody get ready for fuel rations.

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melonator11145@reddit

The B1s and B52s have been flying out daily from RAF Fairford for a while now

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AfterCatch1930@reddit

"UK iS NoT InVolVeD"

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B4rberblacksheep@reddit

We aren’t.

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wearthedaddypants2@reddit

Lol

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Thurak0@reddit

When they are refueling over SW England, then those B-52 probably came from over the pond.

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Lime1028@reddit

Yes, but that's a B-52 loaded to the gills with JASAMs

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Southern_Leg1139@reddit

They’ve been shooting JASMs for a month now. Not indicative of anything other than something is going to get lit up by JASMs relatively soon.

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SteveD88@reddit

UK bases were meant to be used for defensive operations only - at what point do we become complicit in American war crimes? (I don't use that term flippantly - attcking civilian infrastructure, which the US administration has repeatedly threatened in order to force a political settlement, is undisputably a war crime)

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MostOfYouAreIgnorant@reddit

Another Starmer lie.

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gunpowdervacuum@reddit

Quel Surprise. He doesn't seem to know what the truth is or know how to tell it.

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MostOfYouAreIgnorant@reddit

Genuinely furious. This is astonishingly disgusting. We’re about to commit war crimes AGAIN. It’s barely been 20 years and we haven’t learned

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Tourist_Careless@reddit

Did you honestly believe that the UK wasnt going to let the US use its own bases that they are in agreements with the US to use and have been for basically 70+ years? You think that token headlines and posturing by politicians to pander to momentary public/media sentiment are going to just like rewrite geopolitical reality? The UK has voluntarily and very much to their benefit historically allowed and even welcomed bases for the worlds largest military in the UK. You dont get to pick and choose what they do with it in reality.

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Nearly Anything could be argued as "defensive". If the US was using these to launch towards the frontline in Ukraine youd probably consider that defensive for the UK, even though the war is not in the UK or even in Europe proper. If you have bases hosting the worlds largest military - an arrangement voluntarily maintined and very much for the benefit of the UK historically - you cant be surprised when you dont get to pick and choose which planes fly out of it and what for. Reddit isnt real life. Geopolitics are not nearly as black and white as people in here pretend. It doesnt matter whether you support the war on Iran or not.

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ScottOld@reddit

He said not to be used directly on the commiting of war crimes, I would tell them all to leave at this point

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KoalaDeluxe@reddit

Fuel rations could be the least of our worries...

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jimmybilly100@reddit

Laughs in EV

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AyeItsMeToby@reddit

Where do you think the electricity charging your car comes from…

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TheBlack2007@reddit

Pal, your EV still isn't fueled by 100% renewables and even if it was, the truck delivering your groceries to your local supermarket still runs on Diesel, whose price has especially spiraled out of control. And even if you were 100% self-sufficient, your local community possibly breaking down might still affect you.

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jimmybilly100@reddit

Yeah, I'm not stupid. Just happy that's one expense I won't have to deal with directly

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dude496@reddit

I hope you realize that the cost of oil going up will cause the cost of pretty much everything to go up.

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Standard_One_5827@reddit

Retired person with friends still within the American military. There is a bit of tension in the office when I went to visit this morning.

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WorknForTheWeekend@reddit

The subreddit where you’d most expect it is abuzz this morning with excited talk of how it’s “time to glass” a certain country once and for all. Like it’s all entertainment to them. (I got warned yesterday for acknowledging world events so I’m trying to be vague enough to not incur the ire of the mod gods)

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skidsareforkids@reddit

Yeah, someone i work with the other day said the glass comment, and I was like “95 million people?!?”. It’s wild how little thought seems to be given to the human aspect of war

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Yeah, the mods are consistently in the wrong side of history in this sub.

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> The subreddit where you’d most expect it is abuzz this morning with excited talk of how it’s “time to glass” a certain country once and for all. Americans are *way* too isolated from the consequences of their rash decisions.

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ChainringCalf@reddit

Our politicians even more so

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Pherllerp@reddit

How are we supposed to recover from this? Doesn't this just make us Russia now? The DoD needs to be defunded, the constitution needs to be thoroughly amended. This shouldn't be ablet to happen.

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MonsieurReynard@reddit

So about that oath they supposedly swore….

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RubberGinger@reddit

Using the UK as a runway since WWII.

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WillyPete@reddit

America’s largest aircraft carrier.

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Airstrip One

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yellowfoamcow@reddit

I’m in Wiltshire and dropping my kid off at nursery and seeing these planes fly overhead has been intense, to put it mildly.

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Far_Marionberry_9478@reddit

I mean bombers over England must feel surreal

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ma33a@reddit

I live in the middle east. These photos make me feel unwell. Flight time from the UK to Iran is only about 5hrs, so i guess they are ontime for WW3.

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ChainringCalf@reddit

I don't know if it should make you feel better or worse, but the Germany to Jordan C17, KC135, KC46, etc. pipeline has been nonstop since weeks before the war started. This is an escalation for sure, but it's not brand new.

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VermontRox@reddit

There goes my Medicare benefits!

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aero_universe@reddit

amount of people sympathizing with IRGC... yall need help.

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SometimesChristie@reddit

Look! It's the war crimes brigade!

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Pherllerp@reddit

I love my country but this is unacceptable.

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DoesntMatterEh@reddit

I used to love my country, now I'm deeply embarrassed to be a citizen.

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Pherllerp@reddit

The DoD needs to be dramatically reduced in size. The Constitution needs to be thoroughly amended. We can't live like this. This shouldn't be able to happen.

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CuriOS_26@reddit

Amended? You should just rewrite it at this point and be over with the whole “founding father intended it this way” bs. Worst excuse for policy I ever heard. I mean, the next worse one would be “god told us so”.

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Pherllerp@reddit

There is no process for dumping and rewriting the Constitution except having a new Constitutional Convention. It would be a catastrophy.

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CuriOS_26@reddit

Well, maybe that’s a necessary step. Have a new republic moment. Look at France, they’ve had like five of those.

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DOW.\* There is no defense. Just War...

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ChipRockets@reddit

I’m disgusted that our airspace is being used for American war crimes.

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"UK iS NoT InVolVeD"

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el_infidel@reddit

great spot / awesome photos. a shame they're off to go commit really expensive war crimes.

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PumpkinNext934@reddit

Why thr fucknare we enabling these fuckers I don't know.

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Deliverers of Death and mayhem.

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hetantwoordis42@reddit

Your government, and ours, need to close the airspace for this bullshit

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Are they preparing to attack Iran?

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YesIBlockedYou@reddit

Optimistically: They're making it look like they're preparing an attack and giving Iran time to negotiate. Realistically: They are preparing to attack Iran because no negotiations will happen.

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StoneheartedLady@reddit

Realistically: They'll attack Iran negotiations or not, just like they did to start with

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33TLWD@reddit

Someone’s about to get fucked up.

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Sinapsis42@reddit

Preparados para cometer crímenes de guerra contra infraestructuras civiles y hacer desaparecer civilizaciones enteras, al parecer.

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lord_of_tits@reddit

Fuck them all who drop those bombs. None of the Iranian citizens deserve this.

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Jimmy_Fromthepieshop@reddit

Someone please explain to me why the UK and Europe are still allowing this.

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Gold-Perspective5340@reddit

Was this today? I spent 10 hours at Fairford waiting to see a B-52 fly (for my first time) y/day 😢🤣. Good captures 👍

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Wild_Medicine7311@reddit (OP)

No, over the past 48 hours or so.

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Fatal_Explorer@reddit

I love airplanes and aviation thru and thru, and using them to kill people just feels so wrong to me.

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intern_steve@reddit

I agree in principle, but all of my favorite planes were designed in furtherance of hurting people.

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PortErnest22@reddit

I live in a place where U.S. Navy planes fly daily, it's always been such a cool thing to see and then I think about all the children who hear them just before a bomb drops and it feels not great.

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Luci-Noir@reddit

The A-10s live at the base in my city and it’s always neat to see them, but yeah…

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Blue_Etalon@reddit

Or even worse, using them to distract from your crimes.

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It's very conflicting to me, having to separate the amazing capabilities of these aircraft with the destructive potential that they have. It's like separating art from artist in a way.

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REEETURNOFTHEMACC@reddit

I remember having a similar thought after visiting a shooting range in Prague. First using an AK47, feeling the recoil etc, then moving onto something more modern(can’t remember the model). Light, easy to aim with the sights, and almost no recoil. Chatting to friends about how incredible the engineering was, how so many talented minds must have worked on it, then getting bummed out thinking that those great minds could’ve been working on something that benefits humanity, rather than a tool with the sole purpose of killing and injuring…

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You, me, and Hayao Miyazaki- it fucking sucks so much how airplanes and war go hand in hand.

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kyach25@reddit

Ya. I really enjoyed watching three B2s fly over my house last week. I’ve never seen that many at once in Pennsylvania. Awesome engineering. But the use is so depressing.

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upnorthguy218@reddit

Same with every single technical advancement of the last century. Humans are capable of so much innovation and we rarely use it selflessly. It’s very demoralizing.

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Agreed - war just sucks.

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DreamsAndSchemes@reddit

KC-46 with F-15s KC-135 B-1 B-52

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CardinalOfNYC@reddit

It remains nonsensical that we can post pictures of warplanes either rehearsing for or on the way to war.... but cannot talk about politics.

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andhelostthem@reddit

We can post pictures of planes but can't talk about the funding, lobbying and politics behind why they're there.

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CardinalOfNYC@reddit

Allowing these photos but not allowing political commentary on them is itself a political act.

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QueenBurong@reddit

UK absolutely complicit.

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How?

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illustrious_wang@reddit

Letting the US stage there

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BrightAtmosphere8649@reddit

I can only guess this person means going via our bases to do war crimes means we’re complicit in said war crimes

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MonsieurReynard@reddit

Off to commit war crimes

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pb_in_sf@reddit

Nice day for an air show 😻

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UntimelyGhostTickler@reddit

Freedom convoy

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HKGK...

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CustomerOK9mm9mm@reddit

No chance they’re carrying B61-11s? I’m anxious that we’re going to see tactical nuclear strikes against the Iranian nuclear program.

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CuriOS_26@reddit

“I used the nukes to nuke the nukes”.

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RumboBlump@reddit

I don’t quite understand the reason why these b-52’s are launching JASSM’s at Iran of all weapons

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CuriOS_26@reddit

Maybe there’s a clearance sale at the local store and they got a nice discount /j

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Nice catches! One of my old uni mates is an aviation photographer and has been getting [some beautiful pictures](https://www.instagram.com/olicphoto?igsh=MWhydnp5dTlwbGQ5aQ==) of the B-1’s and B-52’s coming out of RAF Fairford recently

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Unhappy-Flight6008@reddit

This isn't fun anymore

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CuriOS_26@reddit

Sorry but when was it fun? Even sending weapons to Ukraine was never fun, despite being a good cause. Tons of people continue dying there. War… never good for anyone involved.

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andhelostthem@reddit

Never was. People's lives have been getting torn apart the whole time.

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viscount100@reddit

The police are getting serious about illegal raves.

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CuriOS_26@reddit

Ilegal protests are getting out of hand these days. Children of Men was a documentary. That scene in the end of with jets flying over the water…

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Chief-Keefs-Parakeet@reddit

Really cool pics! The tanker pulling the F-15s is awesome.

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Nah dawg.

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Go fuck youself

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Davethephotoguy@reddit

As an American, I would urge you to persuade your government to lock down your airspace and prevent U.S. military from using it. We need to be put in check and I am deeply ashamed of my country’s actions.

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surelytheresmore@reddit

So the child rapist is going to "end a civilisation" today.

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Ecstatic-Ad-5737@reddit

Yay time for more war crimes!

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UninvitedButtNoises@reddit

Most of us don't approve of this, here in the US. If you could remove our Hitler, we would be most appreciative. Vance too. We'll take care of the rest of MAGA.

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RandomNightLord8@reddit

Didn't donnie say he wanted to end a civilization today? Aren't those bombers capable of delivering Nuclear Payloads??

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Nostradamus1@reddit

Yes they are. And I wouldn’t put it past the orange shitstain to use them.

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Well. Fuck.

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Jlx_27@reddit

What a sad sight.

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TrackingTenCross1@reddit

“Look mommy, there’s an airplane up in the sky…”

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Apothaca@reddit

KC-135 Stratotanker or possibly an Airbus A330 MRTT (Voyager in RAF service). This is an aerial refueling tanker. Surrounding stealth fighter jets — appear to be F-35 Lightning IIs B-52 Stratofortress! - its a bomber. B-1B Lancer bomber And maybe a Boeing 747. 99% of the time its just a training flight... today...maybe its the RAF repositioning some key assets.

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genafcvpxyr31@reddit

I was leaning more to f15s for the fighter jets.

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OrdoRidiculous@reddit

Those aren't F35s, the wing shape is all wrong and they look like twin engines. They look more like F-15s to me.

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the MRTT (you can tell by its 2 engines) is surrounded by F15, not F35. the KC135 is the 4-engine in the pic with no jets around it. the other 2 are indeed B52 and B1

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btspman1@reddit

That’s not reassuring

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IntarTubular@reddit

That’s a whole lotta bang

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Saltycrab_@reddit

Really a fan of planes, not a fan of seeing all these planes under the context.

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Oh no...

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Secret-Imagination-3@reddit

There’s really no element of surprise anymore with everyone able to snap a pic

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Jaded_Ad_6658@reddit

More money up in smoke whilst half the world starves.

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Entire-Hospital-8892@reddit

Nice pics.....next time take a video w sound; so we get the view and sound of freedom.....

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Wild_Medicine7311@reddit (OP)

From memory the engines made a kind of "peedooooooo" sound. If that helps.

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Competitive_Lunch_16@reddit

They will be over Iran before the 8:00 PM deadline…

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CatDaddyTom@reddit

Looks like American. Sadly, they are the enemy now.

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Hell yeah

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shoudnight@reddit

Or No

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They sent the Boner. Someone or something is about to get boned.

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Square_Desk946@reddit

Wait. What. What are these planes? What are they doing / going to do? (Yes I know, probably related to the war, but more specifically?)

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Responsible_Rule8829@reddit

Nice to see you being neutral over there, UK.... What did Starmer say again?

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Wild_Medicine7311@reddit (OP)

Something about defence..... Doent look particularly defensive to me. Like a few have said here. Love planes, hate war. Without wanting to get into politics, they shouldn't be operating from the UK.

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Responsible_Rule8829@reddit

You know what, same, and that's fair. Sorry for diving right into the political side - amazing aircraft but the situation is very concerning and dominating thoughts when viewing anything related to it at current.

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100% agree. We are in some scary times at the moment. I hope cool heads will prevail and we can find a way out of the mess. Stay safe wherever you are.

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ngl love OP for that ahaha

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Terrorists

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The only answer.

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Smooth-Disk-3656@reddit

Nice. Let’s hope they are loaded enough to decimate the Islamic regime

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