The buildup in the CENTCOM AOR continues with US Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS #AE11D6 and #AE11D7 as EDGY25/26 arriving in Saudi Arabia today.

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (16); last reported locations 2026-03-02Z 77-0351 #AE11DF is conducting operations in the Caribbean as #THNDR07; possibly more extrajudicial killings, Mexico 🇲🇽, Cuba 🇨🇺, or Venezuela 🇻🇪operations.

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (16); last reported locations 2026-02-21Z

Prince Sultan AB 🇸🇦 (6)
➢ 82-0007 #AE11F0
➢ 75-0556 #AE11D6
➢ 76-1605 #AE11DC
➢ 79-0001 #AE11E7
➢ 81-0005 #AE11EE
➢ 76-1604 #AE11DB

Elmendorf AFB 🇺🇸 (1)
➢ 80-0137 #AE11EA

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (16); last reported locations 2026-02-17Z

➢ 4 at Ramstein Air Base 🇩🇪
➢ 2 at RAF Mildenhall 🇬🇧
➢ 1 at Elmendorf Air Force Base 🇺🇸
➢ 1 in Hawaii 🇺🇸

The expectation is the 6 deployed to Europe are headed for the Middle East (for Iran 🇮🇷)

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (16); last reported locations 2026-02-15Z

➢ 3 at Elmendorf Air Force Base 🇺🇸
➢ 1 in Hawaii 🇺🇸
➢ None in Kadena 🇯🇵 (unusual)
➢ None visibly deployed to the Middle East (for Iran 🇮🇷)

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (16); last reported locations 2026-01-26 UTC

➢ No USAF E-3G Sentry AWACS visibly deployed to the Middle East for strikes on Iran 🇮🇷

➢ 8 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸
➢ 3 ~MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪)
➢ 3 Alaska/Arctic
➢ 2 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (16); last reported locations 2026-01-23 UTC

➢ No USAF AWACS visibly deployed to the Middle East for strikes on Iran 🇮🇷

➢ 8 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸
➢ 3 at MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪)
➢ 3 Alaska/Arctic
➢ 2 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (15); last reported locations 2026-01-20 UTC

➢ No AWACS visibly deployed to the Middle East for strikes on Iran 🇮🇷

➢ 8 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸
➢ 2 at MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪)
➢ 2 Alaska/Arctic
➢ 2 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵
➢ 1 in Hawaii 🇺🇸

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (15); last reported locations 2026-01-19 UTC

➢ No AWACS visibly deployed to the Middle East for strikes on Iran 🇮🇷

➢ 8 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸
➢ 2 at MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪)
➢ 2 Alaska/Arctic
➢ 2 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵
➢ 1 in Hawaii 🇺🇸

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (15); last reported locations 2026-01-18 UTC

➢ No AWACS visibly deployed to the Middle East for strikes on Iran 🇮🇷

➢ 8 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸
➢ 2 at MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪)
➢ 2 Alaska/Arctic
➢ 2 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵
➢ 1 in Hawaii 🇺🇸

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (15); last reported locations 2026-01-17 UTC.

➢ 8 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸
➢ 2 in Alaska/Arctic 🇺🇸
➢ 2 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵
➢ 1 in Hawaii 🇺🇸
➢ 2 at MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (for Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪)

None have visibly deployed to the Middle East for Iran 🇮🇷 ops.

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (15); last reported locations 2026-01-16 UTC

➢ 7 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸
➢ 2 in Alaska/Arctic 🇺🇸
➢ 2 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵
➢ 2 in Hawaii 🇺🇸
➢ 2 at MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (for Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪)

None have visibly deployed to the Middle East (re: Iran 🇮🇷)

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (15); last reported locations 2026-01-15Z ➢ 7 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸 ➢ 2 in Alaska/Arctic 🇺🇸 ➢ 4 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵 or Hawaii 🇺🇸 ➢ 2 at MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (for Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪) None have visibly deployed to the Middle East to facilitate strikes on Iran 🇮🇷

RT @steffanwatkins: 🇺🇸 #USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (15); last reported locations

➢ 7 at Tinker AFB 🇺🇸
➢ 3 in Alaska/Arctic 🇺🇸
➢ 3 at Kadena Air Base 🇯🇵 or Hawaii
➢ 2 at MacDill AFB 🇺🇸 (for Op Southern Spear 🇻🇪)

None have deployed to the Middle East to provide coverage for strikes on Iran 🇮🇷.