"You don't spin up this kind of skyward muscle just to flex," said one observer.

Brett Wilkins Jun 16, 2025

Flight-tracking websites showed dozens of Air Force aerial refueling planes departing from military bases in the United States and heading to Europe on Sunday, fueling speculation of direct U.S. involvement in the widening Israeli-Iranian war.

Military-focused news sites reported that around 30 U.S. Air Force KC-135R and KC-46A tankers were identified by flight-tracking software in what The Times of Israelcalled an “unprecedented mass deployment” to Europe.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    I was thinking the same about the national guard deployed to LA.

    I was hoping to find at least one article that focuses more on that part, but until then: what you said.

    We - everywhere - need to talk about soldiers as people, not “the military”.

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      10 hours ago

      I think there’s a huge difference between serving in a military controlled by a healthy democracy, and serving in a military controlled by an authoritarian regime.

      Several weeks ago you could forgive someone for not realising that Trump is the latter, but not really any more.