CENTCOM entering the tesseract in order to tell their past selves bombing the Houthis would accomplish nothing.

A US Air Force C-17 (03-3127) has filed a plan as RCH260 to depart from Kelly Field (KSKF) in San Antonio and fly to Misrata Airport (HLMS) in Libya today. This is possibly the military deportation flight reported on below by the NYTimes. (Data from @thebaldgeek.bsky.social 's website).

Hopefully these geniuses can move on to the Navy so we can replace our expensive LCACs with faster and more economical tactical jetskis

Even more fun fact to keep you up at night, the below tweet is technically incorrect; the Dassault Rafale is interoperable with US Carriers. Kill the F-35, and we are at the mercy of the frogs.

I think this is pretty obvious, but there is an enormous underlying risk to nuclear-armed states lobbing cruise and ballistic missiles at each other. The uncertainty of what they are tipped with, which has to be decided while they are in the air, can lead to unintended and catastrophic escalation.

Awkward

FYI Yokosuka is the only naval base servicing USN carriers which can complete a maintenance availability on time and on budget. This is mostly due to the fact that the Japanese contractors there are much better at their jobs than the typical shipyard bubbas you find in Norfolk.

Soon

Iran is supposedly pulling its people out of Yemen, according to @telegraphnews.bsky.social. This comes only a few weeks after the US accidentally exposed that Mossad has a human source on the ground who fingered the Houthi's main missile guy so that an F-18 could drop some bombs on his head. Hmmm 🤔

Liberation Day actually means global F-35 price increase day.

Liberation Day actually means global F-35 price increase day.

Israel doesn't need access to Gulf state airspace to strike Iran, and neither does the US (B-2's in Diego Garcia the biggest example). This messaging isn't about the Gulf States protecting Iran, it's about them warning Iran not to violate their sovereignty during any counterattacks on US bases. 1/2

For Russia's supply of drones and missiles?

Interesting transfer of equipment from INDOPACOM to CENTCOM. Hard to say what it is, there is a large amount of equipment prepositioned in Korea which could be shifted to the Middle East. Movement is another signal indicating CENTCOM is positioning units/equipment for some operation/contingency.

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Geolocation of a USAF F-16 conducting a 'counter air operation' at an undisclosed location in CENTCOM's AOR last week. Photo was taken over the Red Sea & the southwestern Saudi coast ~350 km from the border with Yemen. These patrols are meant to intercept Houthi missiles and drones. (19.487, 40.958)

🚨 U.S. beefs up forces in the Middle East, deploys at least 3 B-2 stealth bombers in Diego Garcia, off Yemen and Iran - according to satimages and flight data www.haaretz.co.il/news/securit...

Masterful gambit by Hegseth inspiring half the national security team to perjure themselves in front of Congress yesterday. WH needs to have this imbecile breathalyzed before allowing him to speak to the press in the future.

It is May 1st 2011, Operation Neptune Spear has been given the green light. Tom Dillon accidentally invites Dwayne the Rock Johnson into the OBL pc small group along with Hillary, Biden, Robert Gates, and Leon Panetta. The rest is history.

Hegseth probably had a few too many mini bottles on his flight to realize that Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic are still sitting on the most sensitive parts of the group chat and could publish them just to refute these pathetic denials.

Reading about VP "say thank you" Vance seething in the Trump admin's war planning group chat about Europeans needing to pay for American military adventures in Yemen is so on brand for the worst VP is modern American history.

From @theintelfrog.bsky.social, This is likely staging fighters and other equipment (Air defense?) for anti Houthi operations. Prince Sultan is the best-positioned air base with a large US presence near Yemen. So far the US Navy has been conducting the campaign alone, expect USAF will join soon.

The contracting document quoted throughout this article was initially posted to the government's System for Award Management website in April of last year so it's not exactly new. You can review it for yourself here (SEED project PWS) sam.gov/opp/96a1f44f...

Geolocation of a US Navy F-18 Super Hornets formation flight assigned to the USS Harry Truman at an 'undisclosed location' in CENTCOM's AOR earlier this month. The refueling flight transited south over Southern Jordan near the Israeli Border and Red Sea. (29.603773°, 35.123853°)

I wonder why DHS and the Army tried to scrub their articles and photos from Secretary Noem's February visit to the makeshift tent city at Guantanamo they intended to house migrants at. It included the only public photo inside the tents, which obviously don't meet ICE detention standards.

Since Russia's invasion, the US had been providing Ukraine with access to electronic warfare reprogramming data to identify and defeat Russian radars. A significant portion of US production in this area was used to assist Ukraine according to improperly redacted contract documents I've seen.

Papa Air Base is no Ramstein. Also what do you do with the dependents living in Germany? This would be a withdrawal from Europe not a redeployment.

lmao

Indopacom bros be like quick get this in front of Trump asap its our only hope

Mysterious Naval Vessel Spotted In Washington State Is A New DARPA Drone Ship www.twz.com/sea/mysterio...

This is a worrying sign for future US operations if the rift with European allies grows out of control. Europe is the logistical hub for every adjacent theater in which the US operates. The US presence in the Mid East and Africa is dependent on supplies, airspace, and nautical access to Europe.

If you are disappointed and shocked at US leadership in Europe unraveling in real-time in an obscene confluence of idiocy, conceit, and corruption just wait a few years when an even more senile President does the same thing in the Pacific when China makes its move.

One of Hitler's favorite tactics was to invite leaders he wanted to dominate to personally meet him and then ambush them with insults and wild demands such as with the Austrian Chancellor before forcing the Anschluss. Schuschnigg's own words:

The Texas National Guard put up a photo of their 'deputization ceremony' last week that pretty much includes the full text of the Memorandum of Understanding b/t CBP and Natl Guard which the deputized guardsmen were made to sign. There are some interesting details and even one soldier's PII 🤦‍♂️..

Says it all really, the age of US international leadership is dead and buried.

This is the most extraordinary part of this story. The capability that these drones bring by operating in Mexican airspace is the ability to hoover up any geolocate any cell phone or radio signals from specific individuals the CIA wishes to target or surveil. Not something you can do with CBP MQ-9s.

7th fleet officers in awe of 6th fleet somehow managing to outdo them by crashing the carrier. I would expect the captain will be fired for this.

Patch on one of the pilots looks like vaq-135 but is slightly too blurry to be sure.

You would be hard-pressed to find a government agency not subscribed to @politico.com Pro, a quick search shows State, Interior, Commerce, Ag, Transportation, Interior, Defense, HHS, and even the White House have contracts for Politico Pro subscriptions among many other offices and agencies.

One of the 79th Rescue Squadron's HC-130J's (KING71) is up right now over the Utah Test and Training Range performing downed pilot rescue training missions. Another aircraft, a civilian Cessna T303, N412BP, which has been modified to conduct ISR missions seems to be participating or observing.

Great work as usual from Samir

It has never been more over for the Twitter Navalist bros who have deluded themselves for years into believing the US and its Navy would go to war with the PLA to protect Taiwan.

The woke leftists are going to defund the military-industrial complex and cut army manpower by 75%! Oh wait that's not some dream cooked up by Bernie Sanders that's the current wishlist of the Trump admin. 😂

They are really cooking by placing an alcoholic rapist in charge of a military that is already struggling to retain and recruit service members. Women have been propping up the declining numbers of recruits for years now. This is like putting up a sign saying you will not be safe working here.

First ACARS message I've seen explicitly referencing deportees on this C-17 flight (RCH139) was sent to the pilots: "PLEASE CALL 281-230-4600 CUSTOMS AT KIAH WITH LAST NAMES OF PERSONNEL ON BOARD AND DOB TO QUICKEN PROCESSING" The number is for the CBP office at Bush Intl Airport in Houston.

Geolocation of an F-15E Strike Eagle combat patrol at an 'undisclosed location' in CENTCOM's AOR from earlier this month. The refueling photo was taken in NW Iraq near the Syrian border. (36.187548°, 42.166635°)

The climate at this agencies is going to be so toxic and resentful that this admin is going to reach new heights in unhappy analysts leaking dirty laundry to the press.

The Air Force is looking to buy an S-400 engagement radar as a target asset for testing and training... I wonder who might have one for sale 🤔

Xi Jingping watching America's political leadership shit their pants when a bill they passed to limit CCP data collection and influence over Americans has to actually be enforced. Schumer and the rest of the geriatrics in his caucus can't even deal with an idiot like Trump much less China.