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.

YouTube is currently down and experiencing issues worldwide, with no reason for the outage having yet been given by it’s parent company Google.

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.

24 of the 36 U.S. Air Force F-16CJs that are on their way to the Middle East, including those from the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing based at McEntire Joint National Guard Base (seen below) and 480th Fighter Squadron based at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, are in the "Wild Weasel" configuration, specializing in Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD).

The Trump Administration is preparing for a major war with Iran that would likely consist of a massive, weeks-long campaign by Israel and the United States that would look more like full-fledged war than last month’s pinpoint operation in Venezuela, sources tell Axios, with one Trump advisor stating, “The boss is getting fed up. Some people around him warn him against going to war with Iran, but I think there is 90% chance we see kinetic action in the next few weeks.”

Israel’s government - which is pushing for a maximalist scenario targeting regime change as well as Iran's nuclear and missile programs - is preparing for a scenario of war within days, two Israeli officials tell Axios.

One of the busiest days for the U.S. Air Force in Europe that I have seen in recent history, with close to a dozen KC-135R/T Stratotankers airborne across the Mediterranean and off the coast of Spain, while a steady line of C-17A Globemaster IIIs can be seen heading towards and returning from bases in the Middle East.

BACN07, a Bombardier E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) has departed Robins Air Force Base in Georgia and is heading northeast along the east coast of the United States, likely preparing to cross the Atlantic towards Europe. This would place at least 2 BACNs in the region, with another E-11A arriving yesterday at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

A major arms-sales package from the United States for Taiwan, worth over $11 billion, is in limbo following pressure from Chinese President Xi Jinping and concerns among some in the Trump Administration that greenlighting the weapons deal would derail a future economic deal between the two countries as well as President Trump’s upcoming visit to Beijing, U.S. officials have told the Wall Street Journal.

12 F-15E Strike Eagles with the U.S. Air Force’s 492nd Fighter Squadron departed RAF Lakenheath earlier today bound for the Middle East, with a total of 36 F-15Es to soon be in theatre across the U.S. Central Command’s Area-of-Responsibility.