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).

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

Breaking News: The Trump administration is planning to send a group of migrants to Libya, in a sharp escalation of its deportation program.

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

Fubar 🇨🇦@captainfubar.bsky.social · last yr.

They just cut Strykers and the AMPV for....soft skin utility vehicles

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.

A Yankee in Artoria’s Court@linkplumeria.bsky.social · last yr.

Fun fact to keep you awake at night: If F-35 buys get cut, the Navy gets ZERO new combat aircraft for at least four years. There are ZERO active or in development production lines for carrier combat aircraft outside the F-35 lines. Naval aviation lives or dies with the F-35

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.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · last yr.

India is preparing military action in response to the Pahalgam attack, with plans for stand-off weaponry targeting Pakistan underway. New Delhi blames Pakistan, including its Army Chief, and is considering cruise and ballistic missile options, per government sources.-India Express

Awkward

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · last yr.

Pakistan has closed its airspace for all Indian owned or Indian operated airlines, and suspended all trade with India including to and from any third country. - AP

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.

Jeffrey J. Hall@mrjeffu.bsky.social · last yr.

Trump has once again questioned the US-Japan Alliance: "We defend them but they don't have to defend us...We pay hundreds of billions of dollars to defend them...We pay all the money. They don't pay anything." [Japan pays money to support the US bases. Significantly more than other allies.]

Soon

Tyler Rogoway@aviationintel.bsky.social · last yr.

First Constellation Frigate Only 10% Complete, Design Still Being Finalized The late and over-budget Constellation class design is still in flux, with only 15% commonality with the frigate it's based on, not 85% as planned. Latest: www.twz.com/sea/first-co...

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?

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · last yr.

Putin: Russia warns the United States that strikes on Iran would have catastrophic consequences.

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.

TheIntelFrog@theintelfrog.bsky.social · last yr.

Significant movement from Osan AB, South Korea to Isa AB, Bahrain is underway. At least 13 US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III's have arrived at Osan in the last 3 days. Four have left Osan and arrived at Isa AB. Mission coding is sequential suggesting that these flights are linked. 1

cont. @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social: Russian Navy and mil aviation @thereccelizard.bsky.social: Russian mil/govt aviation @marcinrogowski.bsky.social: Ukraine/Russia mil aviation (losses) @dukebg.bsky.social: Ukraine/Russia aviation ID & geolocations @tatarigami.bsky.social: Ukraine/Russia analysis 2/

I wanted to acknowledge some of my go-to accounts that I think you should be following: @shipwreck75.bsky.social: breaking news @mtanderson.bsky.social: satellite imagery @warshipcam.bsky.social: naval ship movements @kaptainloma.bsky.social: Med. Russian navy movements 1/

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...

ארה"ב מתגברת כוחות: הציבה מפציצים חמקנים בקרבת תימן ואיראן

הארץ

haaretz.co.il

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.

IntelWalrus@intelwalrus.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

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.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last yr.

Reporter: Why were those details shared on signal? Hegseth: Nobody was texting war plans

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.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · last yr.

New from Jeffrey Goldberg: The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans "U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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...

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 The Iran War Plan 🚨 www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-iran-w...

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.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last yr.

ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities

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.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · last yr.

US President Donald Trump's team has ordered the termination of vital support for F-16 fighter jet jamming equipment that Ukraine has. What is important to understand is that this could deprive the Ukrainian Air Force of its most important air countermeasures. news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...

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.

Michael Horowitz@michaelhorowitz.bsky.social · last yr.

Donald Trump is considering pulling US troops from Germany and redeploying them to Hungary according to the Telegraph “Trump is angry that they [Europe] appear to be pushing for war,” according to a White House source quoted by the Telegraph

lmao

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