From: tsm@fastmail.ca   
      
   On Jan 6, 2026 at 9:25:53 PM EST, "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   
      
   Of some interest, maybe..   
      
   There are no U.S military bases in Canada. There are approx 150 U.S. millitary   
   personel in Canada, spread among some Canadian Bases. There are 27 canadian   
   military bases across Canada.   
      
   The UK has approx 10,000 U.S. military personel and 13 U.S. bases on uk soil.   
      
   There is one u.s. base in Greenland with approx 150 personel. - Four more u.s.   
   bases are projected.   
      
      
   And in the world:   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_deployments   
      
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