🇺🇸 🇮🇷 🇮🇷 It is very likely that the US fighter jets are accompanying the USAF cargo planes towards the Middle East. Two KC-135R aerial refuelers left RAF Mildenhall, rendezvoused with two C-17As around the same time, and followed the same flight path before returning, leaving the C-17As to continue towards the Middle East. C-17As can complete the route without aerial refueling, suggesting that the tanks are supporting the deployment of fighter jets rather than the cargo planes themselves. There is no further information on the movement of the fighter jets. @GeoPWatch.

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 🇮🇷 It is very likely that the US fighter jets are accompanying the USAF cargo planes towards the Middle East. Two KC-135R aerial refuelers left RAF Mildenhall, rendezvoused with two C-17As around the same time, and followed the same flight path before returning, leaving the C-17As to continue towards the Middle East. C-17As can complete the route without aerial refueling, suggesting that the tanks are supporting the deployment of fighter jets rather than the cargo planes themselves. There is no further information on the movement of the fighter jets. @GeoPWatch.