cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31803359

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.

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    17 hours ago

    Future news story: Trump wanted to use nuclear bomb on Iran but couldn’t figure out how to read the codes in the nuclear football.

    “No matter how many times I asked no one brought me a football. They just kept handing me a briefcase!”

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      This guy, tall big guy crying. Crying he says, big guy. Crying he says. He says. Mr Tuberous the nukes are in the brief case. He says the briefcase, crying. Big. A big guy. So I says, "yes of course! It must be