Theatre
2025 Israel - Iranian conflict
- Thread starter Maikeru
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Information from hours ago that I didn’t see posted here.
10 hours ago:
BREAKING: ADS-Bex & Flightradar24 data confirm 20 USAF tankers escorting an unspecified number of fighter squadrons (likely F-35/F-16s) transiting Europe en route to the Middle East.
Tanker callsign "GOLD" (typically linked to CORONET missions), with additional tankers departing the U.S. (4).
CORONET Context:
Ground observations at RAF Mildenhall corroborate: Each USAF tanker is flying in formation with 4 F-35s from RAF Lakenheath (Figs 5-7).
As previously reported: On the night of 15-16 June 2025, ~30 USAF KC-135/KC-46 tankers departed continental U.S. bases for Europe. Most landed at:
✓ Ramstein AB (Germany)
✓ Morón AB & Rota NAS (Spain)
✓ Aviano AB (Italy, 2 aircraft)
✓ Prestwick Int'l (UK, 1)
✓ Souda Bay (Greece, 3)
Current status: Partial tanker fleet now launching.
The Aviationist has corroborated the deployment ().
5 hours ago:
Flightradar24 data confirms: All USAF tankers have returned to base, while F-35, F-16, and F-22 fighters have landed at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.
10 hours ago:
BREAKING: ADS-Bex & Flightradar24 data confirm 20 USAF tankers escorting an unspecified number of fighter squadrons (likely F-35/F-16s) transiting Europe en route to the Middle East.
Tanker callsign "GOLD" (typically linked to CORONET missions), with additional tankers departing the U.S. (4).
CORONET Context:
- "CORONET East/West" denotes fighter deployments across the Atlantic/Pacific, either:
➢ Forward-basing operational rotations
➢ Returning from deployments
➢ Delivering new aircraft to allied forces - Such missions are supported by 1+ tankers (either flying in formation or launching from overseas bases) to refuel fighters for final destination reach.
Ground observations at RAF Mildenhall corroborate: Each USAF tanker is flying in formation with 4 F-35s from RAF Lakenheath (Figs 5-7).
As previously reported: On the night of 15-16 June 2025, ~30 USAF KC-135/KC-46 tankers departed continental U.S. bases for Europe. Most landed at:
✓ Ramstein AB (Germany)
✓ Morón AB & Rota NAS (Spain)
✓ Aviano AB (Italy, 2 aircraft)
✓ Prestwick Int'l (UK, 1)
✓ Souda Bay (Greece, 3)
Current status: Partial tanker fleet now launching.
The Aviationist has corroborated the deployment ().
5 hours ago:
Flightradar24 data confirms: All USAF tankers have returned to base, while F-35, F-16, and F-22 fighters have landed at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.
Is this from the last wave and do know it’s in Israel? Because there has been no recent alerts in Israel. I don’t believe this video is real also
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Iran isn't an Arab country. It is more of a central Asian one. Look what North Korea and North Vietnam endured, compared to how quickly Arab militaries capitulated to Israel.
North Vietnam was bombed more than the entire Axis during WW2. Despite that, Ho Chi Minh died peacefully of old age. US lost almost 10k aircraft in Vietnam and lost conventional ground battles at Khe Sanh twice. Vietnam never negotiated with the US except to formalize their gains on the ground. They never trusted the "peace process".
In contrast look at how Arabs fought in 1967 and Yom Kippur. Arabs keep trusting diplomacy, get lured into fake ceasefires, etc.
After the first few days, Iran looks like it is recovering. As long as they simply refuse to lose and fight for maximizing enemy loss, they'll come out OK just like Vietnam did.
Tehran has a huge fireball in the distance
AssassinsMace
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It seems questionable if US talks with Iran was all a ruse so Israel can make a sneak attack like some believe. Why? Because what's delaying the US from joining in now? The big sneaky part would be the US was bombing also from nearly the start. It's more likely that Israel started it to prevent any further talks between the US and Iran. Some even said that Iran might already have a nuke. All the more important that the US get involved immediately so it's never used.
Thats probably not HE alone. It looks more like they hit a fuel tank or something cooked off.
I don't know. But at this point the Iranians won't need the bomb, Unless there is some sort of ceasefire or the US enter the fight and distribute the Iranian retaliation across the entire Middle East. At the point Israeli cities may see some relief
Holy cow, this is the most successful multiple impacts i have seen so far if real