Another E-3 “Sentry” Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft has appeared just now on flight tracking off the eastern coast of Canada and is preparing to cross the Atlantic towards Europe.

Speaking earlier on Fox News, Vice President JD Vance said that “in some ways” today’s nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva went well, but that the Iranians are not yet willing to acknowledge and work through certain “red lines” set by President Trump, adding that the President would prefer diplomacy but that other options are “on the table” for Iran.

Three additional E-3 “Sentry” Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft, for a total of four, SHUCK84/85/86/87, have departed the United States in last few hours heading northeast bound for RAF Mildenhall, placing the total number of U.S. Air Force E-3s in Europe at six, all of which will have arrived since Monday.

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has published footage of and announced, that at the direction of Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the Commander of SOUTHCOM, military forces under Joint Task Force-Southern Spear (JTF-SS) carried out several strikes yesterday, February 16, against alleged narco-trafficking vessels operating in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. According to SOUTHCOM, intelligence indicated that the vessels were all transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and carrying illicit narcotics, with eleven total suspected narco-terrorists killed in the strikes, 4 on the first vessel in the Eastern Pacific, 4 on the second vessel in the Eastern Pacific, and 3 on the third vessel in the Caribbean, all believed to have been members of a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO).

We are currently witnessing the largest aerial buildup of combat capabilities by the U.S. Air Force in Europe and the Middle East since the Gulf War, though we will still have to wait and see if this is enough to “light the fire under” and pressure a new nuclear deal with Iran.

Despite the ongoing aerial buildup, we have yet to see any significant movement of ground troops or special forces to the region, suggesting that whatever is coming would be purely an air campaign by the United States, which is in no way capable of toppling the current regime or installing a new government in Iran.

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Five KC-135R/T “Stratotanker” Aerial-Refueling Tankers have departed in the last hour from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, heading northeast across the United States.

Multiple additional KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-46 Pegasus are currently departing from other bases across the United States heading northeast, many likely preparing to cross the Atlantic towards Europe and the Middle East.

The KC-135R/T Stratotankers from MacDill appear to be heading to Vrazhdebna Air Base in Bulgaria, while several additional aerial-refueling tankers are enroute to Lajes Field in the Azores.

As the ongoing buildup of military aircraft in Europe and the Middle East by the U.S. Air Force rapidly intensifies, the chances of renewed strikes by Israel against Iran have also begun to increase, with the possibility of strikes by the end of June currently at 56%.

Dr. Christopher T. Yeaw, the Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, has stated that the United States is prepared to resume small-scale nuclear explosion tests in order to “level the playing field,” if the order to do so is given by President Donald J. Trump, citing secret nuclear tests in recent years by both China and Russia.

During a talk yesterday at the Hudson Institute, Dr. Yeaw provided additional details about a specific nuclear explosion test carried out by China at the Lop Nur Nuclear Test in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on June 22, 2020, which caused a seismic tremor measured at 2.75M to be detected at a station in Kazakhstan.

U.S. Navy Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has turned on their AIS as they approach the Strait of Gibraltar. Once the strait transit is complete, at an average speed of 20kts, they will arrive in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in about 4 days.