The United States began moving air refueling tankers from the Continental United States (CONUS) toward Europe this past weekend. Today, Sept. 30, DOZENS MORE are on the move - to the Middle East. Iran, again?????
Some of those KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-46 Pegasus tanker planes have already landed at Al Udeid Air Base, in Qatar.
This comes on the same day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited President Trump in the White House.
In the near past, such buildups preceded U.S. airstrikes on Iran. During the American attack on Iran on 21 June 2025, the United States had amassed forces in the Middle East two weeks earlier, between 5 and 19 June 2025, i.e. two weeks before the attack.
Here is what Flight Radar is showing as of 3:00 PM EDT today, September 30:
UPDATE 3:47 PM EDT --
Fighter Jets ARE accompanying all these air-refueling tankers!
UPDATE 5:11 PM EDT --
I can now confirm over 30 tanker aircraft (with Fighter Jets) were transferred from Europe to the Middle East today.
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