WarMonitor on Nostr: The large-scale airlift of military equipment to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) ...

The large-scale airlift of military equipment to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility has continued over the past two weeks, with the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) conducting 95 cargo and aerial refueling flights to regional airbases between March 25 and April 3.

Among these flights were at least two dozen C-17 and C-5 missions from Osan Air Base in South Korea to the Middle East. These aircraft were transporting multiple U.S. Army MIM-104 “Patriot” surface-to-air missile batteries, along with a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system—assets likely intended to bolster the defense of Gulf nations against potential missile threats from Iran.