American F-22 fighter jets equipped with stealth technology have landed at an air base in the south of Israel. They took off from their base in the UK on Tuesday. The news portal The Times of Israel (TOI) brought the information, writes TASR.
Twelve F-22 fighters according to the findings of the portal took off together with KC-46 refueling aircraft from Lakenheath Air Force Base in the English county of Suffolk. One of them reportedly returned to the UK during the flight due to technical problems.
According to the Military Air Tracking Alliance (MATA) service in recent days The United States moved dozens of F-35, F-22 and F-15 fighter jets to the Middle East, as well as transport, refueling and radar aircraft.
Recently, Trump has repeatedly threatened Iran with military intervention. The US deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Middle East in January. the largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which is anchored near Crete, is also heading there.
According to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, the USS Ford is facing problems with clogging of the VCHT (Vacuum Collection, Holding and Transfer) system for draining waste water from the 650 toilets on board. It fails repeatedly and often whole toilet sections stop working.
