As Iran threatens, the U.S. Air Force flexed

As Iran threatens, the U.S. Air Force flexed

Javier Manjarres
Javier Manjarres
|
January 7, 2020

Just as Iran’s new leader of their it Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami, declared that his regime has plans for 13 attacks against U.S. interests in retaliation for Soleimani’s targeted killing last week, the U.S. Air Force held a massive show of force during a planned exercise in Utah.

Hill Air Force base is home to the 388th Fighter Wing, which is primarily comprised of the new F-35A Lightning fighters.

The base’s demonstration of an “elephant walk” of 52 F-35 fighters before take-off, an overt show of military force meant to intimidate adversaries, so the timing was ideal considering the current climate in the Middle East.

 “We are now at full warfighting capability,” tweeted the 388th Fighter Wing

The 388th already has one squadron of about 12-24 planes deployed in the Middle East.

Just yesterday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) outlined the current military directive against Iran.

“U.S. intent with regards to #Iran is clear,” stated Rubio. “Future U.S. military action depends entirely on what Iran decides to do first. If they or their proxies attack or get ready to attack Americans, the U.S. must & will respond if they don’t attack Americans, no U.S. attack will happen.”

Related Posts

Javier Manjarres

Javier Manjarres

Javier Manjarres is a nationally renowned award-winning political journalist and Publisher of Floridianpress.com, Hispolitica.com, shark-tank.com, and Texaspolitics.com He enjoys traveling, playing soccer, mixed martial arts, weight-lifting, swimming, and biking. Javier is also a political consultant and has also authored "BROWN PEOPLE," which is a book about Hispanic Politics. Follow on Twitter: @JavManjarres Email him at Diversenewmedia@gmail.com

Subscribe to the newsletter everyone in Florida is reading.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Sign up for BREAKING NEWS ALERTS

Thank you for your interest in receiving the The Floridian newsletter. To subscribe, please submit your email address below.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.