Middle East on knife-edge as Tehran is “calibrating plans for a major retaliatory strike against Israel to send a message—but not spark a regional war that compels Washington to respond.”

If the U.S. does respond, here’s a snapshot of naval assets nearby:

This week COMMCOM provided support to the Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command Post. eMICP crew is providing stable internet network via STARLINK for the entire UCP watch floor as well as all requested IT support for CG personnel.

COMMCOM crew also had a visitor from…

The US Army Corps of Engineers has published a new video of their salvage operations plan.

📸 Baltimore District, USACE Facebook

The 2 task forces being:
USMC Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command and SPMAGTF CR Africa.

In today's episode of TACAMO callsign wordsmithery... oh dear.

Strange, HATE is usually a bomber callsign...

Five US Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft are active at 1546z.

#AE0413 as WAGON61
#AE0416 as VEXED51
#AE0417 as ROKA64
#AE0419 as IRON76
#AE041C as HATE61

Alternatively, think of a *watch* as all the ingredients for severe storms being in place. When a *warning* is issued, the ingredients have been cooked and now the severe weather is happening. 1/4

A pair of command posts are eastbound out of Offutt AFB, NE.

US Navy E-6B Mercury #AE0416 as VEXED51
US Air Force E-4B NAOC #ADFEB4

Still a lot of uncertainty in this forecast.

Possible MQ-4 Triton #AE7816 as TRITON20 is stretching its legs out of Edwards AFB, CA.

Unknown military aircraft #AE6AAF over Amarillo, TX.

🇺🇸CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 2🇺🇸
Spotted on 10 Apr 2024 ~80k SW of 🇸🇦Jeddah. Appears to be an UNREP day with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) & USNS Supply likely resupplying 🍪🍪

Also with them are 2x Arleigh Burke Class, USS Philippine Sea (Ticonderoga Class) & what appears to be the USNS Kanawha.

US Air Force E-9A Widget #AE2211 as WIDGET48 is up ahead of a live water test between 1400-1800z from Tyndall AFB, FL.

The USAF E-9A Widgets are range clearance aircraft that ensure the test area is free folks on the water or in the air. It also has the ability to relay…

How do pilots get you where you're going?

Simple...we follow the highways in the sky. Here's a map of those highways in Northern California...similar highways, called 'Airways' & 'Jet Routes' (or 'Q Routes' if based on GPS), can be found all over the world

They're mostly based…

U-2 Dragon Lady Tail 80-1085 completed her final flight on April 5, retiring after a successful career of soaring through the sky for nearly 38 years! 🐲

After reaching a final flight hour count of 17,882.3 hours, It's time for this 🐉 to get some rest.

(Fun fact, her fini…

1327z and here's a look at current E-6B Mercury activity over the US.

#AE0410 as MANDY55 out of Bangor, ME
#AE0413 as BLUEY55 out of Travis AFB, CA