Here's another take... perhaps the U.S. military is trying to move a significant number of short range aircraft (such as fighter jets) out of the area. Fighters don't have the legs to fly long range without tanker support. At this point, who knows... could be tanker support for Israeli air, or maybe even Iranian air. There's just no telling these days.
Monkeywerx (watch him on youtube if you don't) said each tanker can support something like 5 fighters in transit. If there were 10 tankers, assume 40-50 fighters or some mix of fighters/bombers. The local tankers flew to Mildenhall a few days ago so I'm assuming we're moving a lot of stuff what ever it is.
Here's another take... perhaps the U.S. military is trying to move a significant number of short range aircraft (such as fighter jets) out of the area. Fighters don't have the legs to fly long range without tanker support. At this point, who knows... could be tanker support for Israeli air, or maybe even Iranian air. There's just no telling these days.
Yeah, can't get crazy with so little data to analyze.
Monkeywerx (watch him on youtube if you don't) said each tanker can support something like 5 fighters in transit. If there were 10 tankers, assume 40-50 fighters or some mix of fighters/bombers. The local tankers flew to Mildenhall a few days ago so I'm assuming we're moving a lot of stuff what ever it is.