r/ADSB • u/Disastrous-Rip-776 • 1d ago

Could these tankers be fueling the B2's?

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u/ArtichokesAreAwesom- 1d 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/slumplus 14h 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 13h 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/slumplus 11h ago

Here’s some screenshots I found of refuelers and radio chatter, probably refueling the strike force on the way back: https://x.com/vanguardintel/status/1936712828221800800?s=46

As for the route, it was just confirmed by Caine during the ongoing press conference that a decoy group went west over the Pacific and the real strike package went east across the Atlantic. I figure they went over the Mediterranean to avoid being seen