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.
I was a teenager during the 80s. My family lived across the Red River from Barksdale AFB, not a far drive at all. Barksdale is a SAC base, and a known target for Soviet missiles. Our plan at the time was if we had enough notice that the missiles were actually falling, we’d get in the cars and drive as close as possible to Barksdale so we could, hopefully, be vaporized.
No. You do not want to live in a world post global nuclear conflict. If it comes down to that, I will see myself out.