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    We are deploying F-15s to Iceland.

    Russia is making movements. Probably no big deal. My phone doesn't want to link. Its moody like a chick.

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    Why Iceland? It isn't close enough so that fighter jets would have sufficient fuel to make any kind of sortie over the Russian border, even with drop tanks. And those tanks would limit the amount of ordinance they could carry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JTHunter View Post
    Why Iceland? It isn't close enough so that fighter jets would have sufficient fuel to make any kind of sortie over the Russian border, even with drop tanks. And those tanks would limit the amount of ordinance they could carry.
    My guess would be to intercept any Russian flights coming to the East Coast, plus this puts our planes closer to their north eastern borders, via the Arctic Circle, as a show of force.
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    Bears and Blackjacks have been visiting the UK coast lately, and could venture further west.



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