The deployment of dozens of USAF KC-135 air-refuelling planes at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport

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Adjutant_Reflex_@reddit

I sure love to see critical, irreplaceable resources crammed ass-to-ass well within range of enemy missiles.

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Terminal_Phase@reddit

I thought the same thing.

The illusion of U.S. military might starts to crack pretty quickly when airframes that ended production decades ago start getting blown out of the sky.

Absolutely zero capability to replace 90% of them.

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HortenWho229@reddit

Bit dramatic. I’m sure the US can make a plan to get new tankers even if they aren’t the same airframe

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Ok-Helicopter525@reddit

I don't downvote people I don't disagree with, so: you should check out how the current KC-135 replacement program is going.

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Yvaelle@reddit

Ya I bet they could just flood a passenger plane with AvGas and stick a big-ass straw in it, ain't no thing.

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HNL2BOS@reddit

well, we had a plan for tanker replacement and it's not working.....

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IcyTable6584@reddit

Unfortunately not as simple as converting a passenger plane to a freighter (which is also very complicated)

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HNL2BOS@reddit

one would think they'd be better spread across more allies bases?

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Adjutant_Reflex_@reddit

One would think! Especially after they’ve already lost billions in equipment that was just parked.

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LeCriDesFenetres@reddit

Seems like the perfect opportunity to neuter a good deal of US air capabilities

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Raid_B0ssNSFW@reddit

Jesus. We're fighting a dumb war. I sometimes hope these airplanes get hit with missiles or destroyed by Iran. Then their a less airplanes for the war.

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FucknAright@reddit

Why? To perpetuate the genocide. That's why.

Get my tax money out of Israel.

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John3Fingers@reddit

$300bn and counting but that's not enough for our Zionist overlords.

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RaccoonElaborate@reddit

you hella know if these get attacked, the us and israel will accuse whoever of attacking civilian targets. they're setting up human shields like they accuse everyone else of doing.

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jay_in_the_pnw@reddit

in what action and in what way do you think these tankers will be involved in that supports genocide?

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mexchiwa@reddit

Before this, had the US military ever based in Israel directly?

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podman131@reddit

Looks like a juicy done target....have we not learned from Ukraine?

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LingonberryAlert8773@reddit

Active duty 151 kc 135’s. That is insane!

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KiloCharlieXray@reddit

I'm assuming the one's without tail flash are McConnell birds. Man, are there any left stateside??

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MaddingtonBear@reddit

Some of the blanks are Fairchild tails. I haven't seen any McConnells on the current deployment.

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shrunkenhead041@reddit

Apparently, we learned nothing from Pearl Harbor.

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dawn_thesis@reddit

or they learned how to trick Americans into a world war

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usesidedoor@reddit

Can you guys add a date for these kinds of posts? It'd be appreciated

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dawn_thesis@reddit

how dare you ask for something reasonable!

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OGD2068@reddit

Hey have some respect for our boys in Langley and Fort Meade

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sensual_monger_1969@reddit

Where does all this jet-A come from? God help us all.

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Candle-Jolly@reddit

Easier to refuel B2s (US) and F-35s (Israel/US) from Israel. Round 2 of whatever this war is coming up.

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iPhones_cameras_suck@reddit

Probably bombing civilian infrastructure next.

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SouthFromGranada@reddit

Probably better protected from missile attack as well, what with all the issues the Americans have had with their airfields in Saudi Arabia.

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MugiwarraD@reddit

sounds like hungarian but could be polish. either way, ppl leaving to "homeland" not a good sign.

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N-cadherin@reddit

Israel is the US’s largest aircraft carrier in the world and it is unsinkable.

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start3ch@reddit

And they’re currently trying to sail it east

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the_quail@reddit

more like America’s biggest leech which is probably going to stop existing within the century

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JamsHammockFyoom@reddit

As a side note, I'm quite bored of the most followed flights on the FR24 app being these guys just doing orbits and refuelling... I quite like the genuinely interesting stuff on that app.

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Wooden-Sprinkles7901@reddit

They better love it cause that fuels the only help theyre going to get towards fighting their enemies.

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No_Perspective_3144@reddit

Aaah, post it on the internet for everyone to see. This is a legit target.

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ResearchInformal8018@reddit

The four engines make people think they’re a lot larger than they actually are but the 707 and the 757 are roughly the same size.

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TaskForceCausality@reddit

707 and 757 are roughly the same size

The KC-135 is based on the -80 rather than the 707, so it’s closer to a 737 MAX8 in length.

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For me, being born a few years after the end of commercial service for the 707, it's that every other commercial quad jet I've ever seen was a widebody so I just assumed that the 707 was also. But nope, it's just a first-gen commercial jet and a LOT smaller than expected.

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MikeW226@reddit

Yeah, as news media, I rode on a KC135 decades back, and later on a KC-10 "Big Sexy". The KC10 dwarfed the 'little' 135's at the base.

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mr_bots@reddit

And the KC-135 is narrower and shorter than both

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RecognitionFew5660@reddit

God damn! 😅 that's even smaller than I thought 😅 it must be cold outside 😳 😅

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JKKIDD231@reddit

Round XYZ preparations soon. Both sides did a ceasefire just to restock and rearm. There are no negotiations 😂

Iran downed an MQ-1 drone and USAF did air strikes yesterday.

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octoreadit@reddit

Also needed to “trick” the Congress with another “mission accomplished.”

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qaf0v4vc0lj6@reddit

He doesn't need to "trick" Congress. The War Powers Act is meaningless and unenforceable, Congress knows it too. That's why they have never tried to challenge the President's authority in it's entire existance.

It only exists to Congress can huff and puff about how the President is in violation of the law and his/her war is illegal. It's easy to campaign against war.

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anandonaqui@reddit

Literally everything is unenforceable because only the executive branch has any enforcement agencies

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MrBhutthole@reddit

No need to trick Congress they're all in on the corruption.

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Neither-Repeat1665@reddit

Something something America First

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kockologus@reddit

Bojler wladó

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putokeci@reddit

Alacsony kortizol Wizz Air

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pkragthorpe@reddit

NKAWTG!

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