‘Unprecedented’ number of US Air Force aerial refueling tankers heading toward Europe

• This could be an escalation sign (d’uh)
  

A large-scale military airlift seems to be in progress, with an unusually high number of U.S. Air Force KC-135 and KC-46 aerial refueling tankers departing from bases across the U.S. and apparently preparing to head across the Atlantic toward Europe:

• 17* KC-135 tankers, so far
• 4* KC-46 tankers, so far

More are preparing for take off.