Above: a KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker
Times of Israel – Dec 14, 2021
Israel has asked the United States to accelerate the delivery of refueling aircraft it had purchased that could be needed to attack Iranian nuclear sites, but was told by the Biden administration the first plane likely will not be delivered until 2024, according to a report Tuesday.
The sale of eight new KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tankers to Israel was approved by the State Department last March.
Citing American and Israeli officials, the New York Times reported the request was made by Defense Minister Benny Gantz when he met last week with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin in Washington.
US officials reportedly told Gantz the planes were back-ordered but they would work to speed up the delivery.
Funding for the refueling planes is set to come from the military aid package that Israel receives annually from the US.
The newspaper noted that the timing of the delivery is key, with officials in US President Joe Biden’s administration worried that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seeking to renew the threat of military action against Iran.
It also said the Israeli Air Force was vying with the US Air Force for the planes, with Washington eager to supply the aircraft to its own forces as part of efforts to counter China.
The report noted that the tankers would be a significant upgrade for Israel and that without them, Jerusalem would need to rely on its aging fleet of refueling planes for a strike on Iran, or make a pit stop in Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, neither of which would want to be linked to an attack on rival Iran.
Current and former officials quoted in the report said Israeli military planners believe that any strike on Iran will likely require multiple sorties against some sites, such as the underground Fordo uranium enrichment facility, necessitating speedy refueling.
US officials told the Times that they did not believe an attack was looming and that Israel’s public preparations for a possible strike could be aimed at putting pressure on Western nations to seek tougher terms in talks on reviving the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program.
Israel is vocally opposed to the Iran nuclear deal, which Biden has said he wants to rejoin after his presidential predecessor Donald Trump withdrew the US from the pact in 2018 and reimposed sanctions. Tehran has since steadily increased its breaches of the accord.
America has poured money into israel
the american people are suffering so much as they watch their country robbed
the US people like those in the UK want nothing to do with israel
the no more wars for israel campaign has millions of signatures now
Just remember this stuff usually involves Israeli Jews negotiating with American Jews about how they will maneuver this past “the American goyim”.
So don’t take ANY of this bumf at face value.
It might be more about informing the Iranians about X Y or Z….
The days of other countries fighting the jews wars are drawing to a close…..thanks entirely to the internet.
Still the jews will continue to steal billions of dollars of American taxpayers money…..giving these thieves a higher standard of living than the donor country!!.
This stuff COULD be connected to the covid fake pandemic.
Will these fiends be checked BEFORE the full impact of millions of aliens arriving in Western democracies…….???.
(THIS IS THE UNDERLYING OBJECTIVE OF THE JEWISH FIEND SOROS….WHO FINANCED MUCH OF THE INVASION).
ISRAHELL DONT WORRYS !
IT CRASHES JETS IN YEMEN etc
and it cost them nothing since they
get it from US + german tax payer !
The thieving people will get what they want. If the direct approach did not work, then you use your friends in DC to sweet talk aka blackmail them.
Remember you destroyed Hitler for Israel. The Jews had to eliminate the Third Reich to secure the creation of their Jewish State–since the Nazis were allies of Amin al-Husseini the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem.
Honestly, Israel does not need the US or anyone else to defend them. God will defend the true Israel of God.
Romans 9:6: “For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel.”
But God will fight for His people and His land.
You will soon see this come to pass.
It is all in the Bible, but only for those who have eyes to see.
The only message in the entire piece worth focusing on is the fact that Zionists are not willing to have any strike on Iran whatsoever; 0neither Israel nor US. The rest of it is for internal consumption or for projecting an image of toughness to their puny Arab allies conveying the message that they are still tough against Iran.
Forget about a strike on Iran… let us assume they drop 5 nukes on Iran… what’s going to happen shortly after? That’s right, Israel will be wiped off the map and the entire region including US bases and artificial states burn.
@ horace walpole
and Rothschild is earning money through
his asylindustry participation over ORS
swiss,EPE + Barkleys Bank ! he is also
in CO2- clima-immissions business .
Greta + Neubauer his climate agents
like Soros his sluicer of illegal parasites .
@Ann Jew…Jews & Christians to the lions.
@Ann Blue the real “Israel” are the believers in Christ. Read your Bible properly.
there are several mentions in the bible of israel being destroyed for its wickedness
There is wide spread resistance in the USA against fighting more wars for israel
a ne word entered the english vocabulary recently
to be ” madoffed ” means to be robbed by jews.
Certainly in the UK the christian folk are on the side of iran
@Joker:
No lions for me. More likely I am headed to the guillotine for not worshiping the beast and his image and for not receiving his mark upon my forehead, or in my right hand. (Revelation 20:4)
And where do you go, my friend?