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Sep 26, 2026
Dave NealHOST
So yes, very heavy U.S. military posturing is now underway around Iran.
Dave NealHOST
With five KC-135 Stratotankers, two KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling aircrafts, in an MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone observing operating near the choke point per flight tracking data.
Dave NealHOST
The activity comes directly after Donald Trump rejected Iran's seven-day ceasefire offer.
Dave NealHOST
Iran says it has also kept its military on high alert as U.S. aerial activity increases around the street.
Dane WigingtonGUEST
We have up close photographs of the retrofit nozzles mounted on wing pylons aimed at the exhaust jet stream to make this look like, quote, condensation trail, which it is not.
Dane WigingtonGUEST
We have up close film footage of tankers at altitude turning dispersions on and off C-17s, KC-10s, KC-135s, there you go.
Dane WigingtonGUEST
And again, anybody who thinks a sky like that is normal, natural, those are commercial air corridors.
Dane WigingtonGUEST
I mean, we're on an orbiting asylum, Sean, at this point.
MikeAUDIENCE
And you pilot C-130s, don't you?
Ashley NicklausHOST
No, sir.
Ashley NicklausHOST
KC-135s.
Ashley NicklausHOST
KC-135s.
Ashley NicklausHOST
Yep,
MikeAUDIENCE
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Brandon WeichertHOST
Major Kleiner was killed.
Brandon WeichertHOST
He was one of the pilots that was killed in the KC-135, and his wife, his widow, was told, you're not going to qualify for all the benefits, basically.
Brandon WeichertHOST
And Randy Manor, with a group of his people, I talked to him about it, and he has basically gotten involved, and it sounds like As he said yesterday, and we didn't have time to talk about this at the end, but as he told me offline yesterday, it looks like the issue is being resolved.
Brandon WeichertHOST
And I think he didn't say this, but I think this is partly because of what we were telling him on the air two weeks ago.
Dave NealHOST
Uh, uh, what does this mean? The US is again moving large numbers of strategic tankers and C-17 military transport aircraft towards the Middle East with multiple aircraft tracked landing in Israel as a new US air bridge takes shape ahead of a potential large scale attack on Iran.
Dave NealHOST
The buildup comes alongside increased military flight activity around the Strait of Hormuz and Iran, including KC-135 Stratotankers, KC-46 Pegasus tankers, MQ-4C Triton surveillance drones, and the US continues to, uh, uh, as the US continues positioning forces and equipment in the region.
Dave NealHOST
The activity echoes patterns seen before previous strikes.
Dave NealHOST
It comes days after Trump threatened to annihilate Iran at the UN, adding to growing indications of preparations for a possible major US operation against Tehran.
Ashley NicklausHOST
He turned 23 while he was deployed.
Ashley NicklausHOST
And so he does avionics on the KC-135 aircraft here at the 134th.
Ashley NicklausHOST
And so just a couple of them got to come home Saturday night and it was just...
Ashley NicklausHOST
It was so nice just holding him and hugging him.
Jennifer JohnseyHOST
So maybe somebody that hasn't met you real quick, just tell them real quick what you do again.
Jennifer JohnseyHOST
And then back to you.
Ashley NicklausHOST
Okay, so I'm a member of the Air National Guard, and I fly KC-135 air refueling aircraft.
Ashley NicklausHOST
And almost all of us are deployed at this time in the air refueling community in the Air National and Reserve.
GregAUDIENCE
I, I flew-
Ashley NicklosHOST
They're transferring, they're, they're going over to the KC-46 also instead of the KC-135-
GregAUDIENCE
Yeah
Ashley NicklosHOST
... transitioning, so.
J.J. GertlerHOST
The Pentagon Inspector General, you don't want that acronym, and Congressional Budget Office both put out studies of losses in operations versus Iran.
J.J. GertlerHOST
They include 30 MQ-9s lost, 7 KC-135s damaged or destroyed, 4 Strike Eagles lost, although 3 of those were to friendly fire, and more.
J.J. GertlerHOST
Of course, the data were all gathered months ago.
J.J. GertlerHOST
Some of those numbers are higher by now.
Mike SmithHOST
Bombers, same sort of thing.
Mike SmithHOST
Yeah, maybe we could do, you know, launch, you know, KC-135s and drag, you know, F-35s across the northern border and essentially invade our northern neighbor's airspace in defense of our own.
Mike SmithHOST
But like, You can only go so far and so fast, like at a certain speed.
Mike SmithHOST
And so if you want to be able to engage those folks as far away from the homeland as possible, you want to engage them as far away from the homeland as possible.
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