{"id":59748,"date":"2026-04-13T07:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=59748"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:46:27","slug":"if-all-the-u-s-military-bases-in-the-middle-east-are-destroyed-or-still-under-missile-barrage-threat-why-are-these-usaf-c-17-cargo-giants-flying-back-and-forth-from-europe-nonstop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=59748","title":{"rendered":"If all the U.S. military bases in the Middle East are destroyed or still under missile barrage threat, why are these USAF C 17 cargo giants flying back and forth from Europe nonstop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea At least 7 massive USAF C 17 cargo giants are now in constant motion, flying back to back between US bases in Europe, mainly Ramstein Germany, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Nonstop. Relentless. No pause.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy airlift is underway and the skies are getting crowded.<\/p>\n<p>Source\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TEQgLn2Vh9\">pic.twitter.com\/TEQgLn2Vh9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Defense Intelligence (@DI313_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DI313_\/status\/2043313224032887081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59749,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59748\/revisions\/59749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}