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MineralMan

(146,284 posts)
1. Most likely a training mission and demonstration
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:41 PM
Jan 2018

of our air power. That's been happening fairly frequently lately.

SweetieD

(1,660 posts)
4. How would anyone know they are headed to NK? We have military in South Korea where
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:43 PM
Jan 2018

they could be going.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
5. They would not be squawking IFF if it was a surprise attack.
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:44 PM
Jan 2018

they want to be tracked as a message to NK.

RKP5637

(67,102 posts)
11. Yeah, tRump just likes his lighter and the long look. Kim likes that pulled back up cut look and dark
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:55 PM
Jan 2018

hair.

Irish_Dem

(46,880 posts)
8. KC 135s are so neat to watch in action. They refuel bombers in mid-air.
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 12:51 PM
Jan 2018

During the Viet Nam war my dad flew KCs for awhile, then flew huge cargo planes.

I could never really figure out how these guys could re-fuel up in the air.
Looked really dicey to me.

Submariner

(12,503 posts)
12. The racist coward-in-chief needs to keep North Korea
Mon Jan 22, 2018, 01:27 PM
Jan 2018

on the front burner because he is going to preemptively attack them in the run up to the 2018 mid terms.

Once the Olympic torch is extinguished, look for Donnie Two Scoops to escalate the situation.

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