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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Feb 24, 2026, 09:54 AM Tuesday

Several KC-135R Stratotankers have departed RAF Mildenhall headed south-southeast over Western Europe [View all]

in the direction of the Middle East.

This is not nessarily dispositive of anything. I have read elsewhere that these flights might be a normal transfer of assets.

Also, it might be that Pete Hegseth is playing multidimensional tiddlywinks.

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Filter to see only aircraft designated K35R.

AI: K35R is the ICAO code for the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker.

For more on this, see the Reddit thread here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/flightradar24/comments/1r8a00u/iran_the_middle_east_part_2/

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