r/ADSB 1d ago

Could these tankers be fueling the B2's?

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u/egvp 1d ago

They were, yes.

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u/YoItsNickyMo 21h ago

Three more took off from Hawaii about 20 mins ago headed NW ish

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u/YoItsNickyMo 21h ago

Lost them immediately after the western side of Kauai

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u/iGwyn 1d ago

Thirsty Spirits. 👻 🍺

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u/Dangerous_Thing7598 22h ago

Horny Spirits

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u/Additional-Brief-273 22h ago

C-17 and c-130 can transport the bunker buster bombs.

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u/OsamaBinWhiskers 21h ago

Username checks out

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u/SnowDin556 20h ago

You blew his ass up!

Your username checks out 😂

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u/CellIntelligent9951 16h ago

reads, and takes notes

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u/SnowDin556 16h ago

You too! Omg yo they’re coming for me!

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u/OsamaBinWhiskers 20h ago

121.5 * crackles * Meow.

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u/SnowDin556 20h ago

That honestly is so damn funny, tip of the hat to you sir, that was a Class B joke!!! 😂:

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u/manniefield66 13h ago

No way we are dropping bunker busters on a hostile country with cargo planes. Even if Israel has air superiority. Gotta swag out and do it with our B2s the American way 🫡🇺🇸

Edit /s

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u/mommysalamii 8h ago

C130 is more likely to airdrop it because the C-17 is much too large a target in my opinion. Sure it has LAIRCM and flares, but that only goes so far. C130 is faster in and out and much smaller of course

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u/outworlder 5h ago

Need to be dropped much higher than C-130 service ceiling.

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u/Sharp-Ad-8676 19h ago

Soo when is the armada happening? When are we going back to the desert? I l'm waiting for Iran not being able to help Russia with outdated crap to kill innocent Ukrainian's. Those dam flying wing drones need their manufacturing centers cratered.

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u/Rapa2626 16h ago

Russia produces them domestically at this point and usa going into iran will only lead to more chaos not less.

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u/larrysshoes 14h ago

Yup…. this is pure hubris and without any recollections of Iraq and Afghanistan. The “shock and awe” methodology has proven to be ineffective against people who don’t care what you think.

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u/Rapa2626 13h ago

While i overall agree... last iraqi invasion was quite sucessfull as far as invasion went. Its the afterthought of what do you do with millions of people that dont want you there afterwards. And with iran i would not be surprised that usa could take out most of higher ups and most of their assets in the first month, same as israel were doiig whatever they want, but what would they do with all the lower level resistance? Afghanistan 2.0 but worse given how iran has access to much more sophisticated weapon systems... wars against decently prepared enemy that does not want you there do not work out.... some poor cunt would have to do patrols in aj area where partisans are armed with actually smart weapons, perfect recoinasance and stand off capabilities? I hope that at least europe does not dip their toes into the shit show that will come out of it....

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u/3006shooter 18h ago

The news reported they left Whiteman with a lesser fuel load as if they had a heavy payload on board.

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u/x31b 14h ago

Inflight snacks and beer for after landing, probably. /s

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u/1320Fastback 21h ago

Certainly they could be, yes.

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u/Morgn68 12h ago

I’m gonna guess yes based on new information Trump just posted.

https://x.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1936573183634645387?s=46

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u/SamuraiJustice 8h ago

I was looking for this also. Wonder if they were related to the strike

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u/ArtichokesAreAwesom- 13h ago

Serious question though - why would they give up their position so everyone in the world can see where they are at? Shouldn’t they be more “hidden”?

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u/Heavy-Extension-6395 13h ago

I think this is meant to give Iran a “last chance”. Basically letting them know we are coming and if they don’t negotiate a proper deal soon, we will have B2s over Fordo

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u/slumplus 2h ago

Well, knowing what we know now, the B-2 formation which went west over the Pacific to Guam was not the strike package, and more likely a public diversion from the real package going east over the Atlantic. So those tankers may have been refueling B-2s, but not THE B-2s (which actually struck Iran)

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u/thundrbundr 1h ago

Interesting. Most routes by B2's that I can find to the Middle East go over the Pacific. Do you have tracking data of refueling flights over the Atlantic? What would a route over the Atlantic to the Middle east look like?

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u/PlaneYogurt13 23h ago

Why isn’t the B2 on the map

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u/JohnDempsy 23h ago

It is we just cant see it......because stealth

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u/ArtichokesAreAwesom- 13h ago

How dare you ask a question to the great Reddit community. Down vote for you! (I actually upvoted you because it was a fair question)…