The United States and United Kingdom have put aerial refueling tankers in the air, widely dispersed. Many are wondering if they are for refueling Israeli jets to/from an attack upon Iran.
The relevant air tankers are:
Strato-Tanker #63-8888 From the Prince Sultan airbase is over Saudi Arabia
Tanker 64-14835 from the Al-Udeid base
Airbus KC-2 "Voyager" from the British Royal Air Force via the Akrotiri Base on Cypress
They are seen on the map atop this story, and have remained in the air for many hours.
These aircraft took off a hours ago to "support CENTCOM operations" (or Israel ????) if necessary.
As a practical matter, if the Israel Air Force (IAF) is going to attack Iran from different axes and in waves, then it will
need a lot of flying tankers.
So it now appears that both the US and the UK intend to actively help Israel. If this happens, with US/UK assistance, the Iranians have made clear that US bases elsewhere in the region will fall under Iranian missile attack.
Stay tuned . . .
