Holy crapola... seems my tracking those funky looking MC130Js flying out of RAF Maidenhall paid off... Seems these guys will be infiltrating Iran afterall.
The US Special Forces have been training for subterranian warfare since 2019 and been practicing for just this scenario. There is an entire training circular that was published by the US Army on it in 2017.
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Its rumoured that US SOF even have a huge mock underground bunker built to practice just this sort of scenario:
Learn key strategies on how to counter WMD threats and safeguard nations from potential dangers and risks.
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I had already previously reported on having observed a Blackhawk assigned to USMC 1 MEF operating in Tel Aviv -
You are free to check the reg of that Blackhawk yourself: 97-26763 will return it belonging to the 211th Army Aviation ANG - Utah - A unit that specializes in tactical lift for SOF.
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Then there were these MC130J's flying out of the US towards US EUCOM AOR before spoofing their transponders. This is what got me interested in the entire rabbit hole. Turns out my initial guesstimate was on the money:
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And I was sent this post by a kind soul in my group telegram earlier so I thought would share it here:
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