U.S. Bolsters Trump’s Middle East Military Options By Moving Refueling Aircraft, Officials Say
Washington, June 16 (Reuters) – As the Middle Eastern tensions between the US army, Iran and Israel emerged, President Donald Trump carried a large number of fuel supply planes.
Authorities also said that the US aircraft carrier Nimitz went to the Middle East and one of them was a planned deployment. Nimitz can hold 5,000 personnel and more than 60 aircraft, including a fighter aircraft.
Together, the first distributions reported by Reuters show that the US and Israeli trade exploded in an unprecedented open war and potentially strengthened the air power for continuous operations.
Israel began to bomb Iran on Friday and said Tehran was on the verge of building a nuclear bomb. Since then, Iran and Israel have initiated great salvos against each other, killed and wounded civilians, and caused concerns about a wider regional conflict.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he ordered the Middle East to deploy additional defense capabilities to the Middle East on Monday, but did not offer features.
“It is our greatest priority to protect US forces, and these distribution aims to improve our defense stance in the region, Hegseth said in a publication on the social media platform X, Hegseth is on a publication on a publication of the social media platform X.
Airnav Systems, a flight monitoring website, said more than 31 US Air Force fuel supply plane – primarily KC -135s and KC -46s – on Sunday.
US officials refused to comment on the number of aircraft. Pentagon directed Reuters to the White House, which did not respond immediately to the request for comment.
“More than two dozens of US Air Force tanker’s sudden deployment of the US Air Force tanker towards the east of the Dyami Security Intelligence is not as usual. A clear signal of being strategic ready,” he said.
“Whether it is about supporting Israel and preparing for long -range operations, logistics is very important, this movement shows that the US positions itself for rapid rise in the event of tensions with Iran.”
Airnav Systems said that US military flights, including the Ramstein Air Base in Germany and the Airports in the United Kingdom, Estonia and Greece, landed in Europe.
The United States have been cautious so far and helping Israel to destroy incoming missiles. Trump has recently vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s high leader Ayatullah Ali Khanei, Iran’s high leader Ayatullah Ali Khanei, told Reuters on Sunday.
One of them said that the United States did not support the pursuit of Iran’s political leadership unless Americans are targeted.
Trump praised Israel’s attack and warned Tehran not to expand his retaliation to include US goals.
A third US official speaking on condition of anonymity refused to comment on the Tanker Movement, but stressed that the US military activities in the region are defensive in nature.
Another source familiar with the issue said that the United States has made preparations for defense for regional countries and that Iran will be able to pass to aggressive operations if it hit US facilities.
The United States has a great power in the Middle East, with approximately 40,000 troops, including warships, including air defense systems, hunter aircraft, hunter aircraft and missiles.
Last month, the Pentagon replaced B-2 bombardment planes with another bombardment plane that was seen as an ideal place to operate in the Middle East in Indo-Pacific. B-52 bombardment aircraft can carry large bunker-dürük ammunition that experts can be used against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; Joanna Plucinska in London and Seoul and Jonhan Landay in Jerusalem in Jerusalem and Washington DC; Chizu Nomiyama, Nia Williams and Stephen Coates)
