Sh1n (@hey_itsmyturn) reposted an aircraft-tracking report from @DefenceGeek about KC-46A tankers departing Pease (KPSM).

According to @DefenceGeek, tankers from several U.S. bases had moved to Pease just over a week earlier, prompting speculation that they could be preparing for a possible bomber mission to Iran. Several were subsequently observed returning to their home sites, some using a Bomb Mission Code and others using different mission codes:

  • KC-46A "REACH227" — 17-46036 — #AE5E11
  • KC-46A "REACH679" — 19-46063 — #AE5FAA
  • KC-46A "SKATER77" — 23-46120 — #AF9E2A
  • KC-46A "SKATER78" — 23-46117 — #AFEAD2
  • KC-46A "SKATER79" — 17-46032 — #AE5E0D
  • KC-46A "SKATER80" — 18-46039 — #AE5F92

@DefenceGeek cautioned that the movements may not have been connected to Iran:

It's entirely possible these were not for Iran and were for the STRATCOM exercise that is ongoing, but they do not appear to have taken part in any case.

The original post also tagged @MATA_osint.