From: julianlzb87@gmail.com   
      
   On 07/01/2026 17:01, Tara wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   This fleet can hop over to Akrotiri in Cyprus without refuelling. Then,   
   having picked up a passenger, Reza Pahlavi, be within 3 hours of Tehran.   
      
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