Wave Of US Air Tankers Deploy To Europe
Wave Of US Air Tankers Deploy To Europe
OSINT-focused X accounts cite flight tracking data that shows a wave of U.S. air tankers deploying to Europe. The timing coincides with President Trump's https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1972348874401694132
by five days.
Notable and most credible X accounts have reported an immediate deployment of U.S. air tankers to Europe.
"Roughly a dozen U.S. Air Force KC-135R/T "Stratotanker" Aerial-Refueling Tankers are currently up from a number of airbases across the United States, heading northeast and preparing to cross the Atlantic towards Europe, with several appearing to be enroute to RAF Mildenhall in England," X account OSINTdefender said. The X user appears to have sourced Flight
Roughly a dozen U.S. Air Force KC-135R/T “Stratotanker” Aerial-Refueling Tankers are currently up from a number of airbases across the United States, heading northeast and preparing to cross the Atlantic towards Europe, with several appearing to be enroute to RAF Mildenhall in… https://t.co/MAqLydu1Th
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1972480707411755508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Other OSINT-focused X accounts report similar U.S. air tanker movements to Europe, which typically implies that the U.S. or NATO is responding to an urgent military need.
🇺🇸🇪🇺 8 US Air Force tankers are on their way to Europe.
The last time such a move indicated the attack on Iran, but this can also be done for exercise purposes.
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— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1972579476577083755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
We are seeing a large deployment of USAF aerial refueling tankers currently crossing the Atlantic toward Europe. Other assets are airborne which are not visible on ADS-B tracking data. https://t.co/h9wgEaI6xe
— The Enforcer (@ItsTheEnforcer) https://twitter.com/ItsTheEnforcer/status/1972477020358746113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Hmm.
Who is getting bombed this time https://t.co/nIjlR2hizd
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1972501045185274318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
If we've learned anything from the most recent precedent (https://www.zerohedge.com/military/wave-usaf-tankers-depart-america-and-deploy-east-amid-escalating-israel-iran-conflict
in June....
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This remains a key development to monitor.
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Mon, 09/29/2025 - 07:45
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/wave-us-air-tankers-deploy-europe-historical-precedent-signals