The United States continues an unprecedented buildup of forces and resources in the Middle East.

The pace of the US Air Force's buildup of its air force in preparation for a strike on Iran continues to be unprecedented in scale.

At least five KC-135R/T tanker aircraft took off from RAF Mildenhall, en route to southern Europe. They were deployed to support a flight of six F-35A Lightning II fighters belonging to "The Green Mountain Boys" squadron (158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard). The aircraft are being deployed from Lakenheath Air Base in the UK to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.




According to air traffic monitoring data, the flow of military transport aircraft also remains high and covers several directions at once.

At least some of the flights are destined for Saudi Arabia. Published tracking data shows a significant number of aircraft with callsigns in the RCH series flying across Europe and the Mediterranean toward the Middle East. The routes pass through southern Europe, the Balkans, and Turkey, before reaching bases in the Persian Gulf.


The intensity of the deployment indicates a large-scale logistical operation. Observers estimate that no comparable one-time increase in air traffic to the region has been recorded before, including during the lead-up to the first strike on Iran last June.