"You don't spin up this kind of skyward muscle just to flex," said one observer.

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.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    20 hours ago

    I would rather build a real, actual house for people than a system of oppression built on violence.

    And before you say “habitat for humanity Jimmy Carter “ it’s the same catty bureaucracy I’ve found everywhere.

    • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      19 hours ago

      I would rather build a real, actual house for people than a system of oppression built on violence.

      And that does not happen overnight, if you don’t follow up protests, and some voting.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        19 hours ago

        Bitch I’ve been voting for a quarter fucking century.

        I protested the fucking Iraq war II and it still fucking happened.

        Keep telling me this bullshit actually works like I’m some fucking eighteen year old.

        Democracy is broken