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   Julian wrote:   
   > American military aircraft have been amassing in Britain as   
   > President Trump threatens strikes and annexations across the globe.   
   >   
   > A fleet of at least 14 C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft and   
   > two heavily armed AC-130J Ghostrider gunships have landed at   
   > three RAF bases in Suffolk and Gloucestershire since Saturday.   
   >   
   > The Globemasters are rumoured to have been carrying at least five   
   > MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and one MH-47G Chinook, which are   
   > used for special forces operations. The helicopters have been   
   > spotted in British hangars, according to unconfirmed reports.   
   >   
   > American activity in the UK appears to be in preparation for   
   > further operations, but no details have been provided in official   
   > channels.   
   >   
   > Most of the Globemasters touched down at RAF Fairford in   
   > Gloucestershire, but several also landed in RAF Mildenhall and   
   > RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.   
   >   
   > Fairford is considered the main air bridge from the US into   
   > Europe, and flight data has shown several of the Globemasters   
   > moving on to Ramstein in Germany. An American KC-135R   
   > Stratotanker military aerial refuelling plane also landed in   
   > Mildenhall on Tuesday after flying in from the US.   
   >   
   > Tensions have been building in the Middle East as the Iranian   
   > regime violently suppresses protests across the country. Three   
   > days ago, Trump warned that the US would hit Iran “hard” if the   
   > regime’s forces killed demonstrators.   
   >   
   > “America will come to their rescue … We are locked and loaded and   
   > ready to go”, he wrote on social media, making the prospect of   
   > American and Israeli strikes increasingly likely. The death toll   
   > among demonstrators has since climbed to 35 people, according to   
   > Iranian activists.   
   >   
   > Since the Venezuela attack, Trump has made more threats to annex   
   > Greenland, which he has long argued should come under American   
   > control to bolster the security of the western hemisphere. He has   
   > refused to rule out using military force to occupy the island,   
   > prompting the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland,   
   > Spain and Denmark to issue a joint statement on Tuesday urging   
   > his administration to stop making threats.   
   >   
   > There is also speculation that US forces mayuse Britain as a   
   > platform from which to raid a sanctioned oil tanker that is being   
   > tracked from Venezuela and heading north of UK waters. British   
   > aircraft and those of other Nato allies are monitoring the   
   > vessel, which has hastily changed its flag to Russia’s in an   
   > apparent attempt to prevent seizure by the US.   
   >   
   > The Globemaster, one of the world’s largest transport aircraft,   
   > and the smaller but more powerful Ghostrider, could potentially   
   > be used together in a covert US operation overseas. Troops can   
   > parachute from Globemasters into combat. The 174ft transporters   
   > are powered by turbofan engines and can carry an array of   
   > vehicles with a payload capacity exceeding 150,000lb.   
   >   
   > Ghostriders are armed with a 30mm Bushmaster cannon, 105mm   
   > howitzer and Hellfire missiles, and can lay down a devastating   
   > weight of fire on targets.   
   >   
   > Some of these aircraft took off from bases in Georgia and   
   > Kentucky, which are home to the US Army’s 160th Special   
   > Operations Aviation Regiment, among other units. The elite unit,   
   > better known as the Night Stalkers, operates a range of special   
   > forces helicopters and specialises in flying units into combat at   
   > night. The unit played a pivotal role in the mission to seize   
   > Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and extract them to the US.   
   >   
   > It is also possible that the aircraft could be used to increase   
   > special forces operations against Islamic State in Syria after a   
   > wave of strikes by European forces, including Britain, over the   
   > last few days.   
   >   
   > The Ministry of Defence said it would not comment on the “on the   
   > operational activity of other nations”.   
   >   
   >   
   > Charlie Parker   
      
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