US military aircraft no longer visible at Al Udeid base in Qatar: satellite images
US military aircraft have been pulled from the tarmac of the biggest US base in the Middle East – Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar – according to satellite images published by Planet Labs PBC.
This includes transport planes such as the Hercules C-130 and reconnaissance aircraft, in what possibly seems to be a move to shield them from possible Iranian strikes in the case the US strikes the Islamic Republic.
The images showed several aircraft parked on the tarmac on June 5; which can no longer be seen as of June 19.
Al Udeid base in Qatar would be vulnerable to Iranian strikes in the case of escalation, given its close proximity to Iran.
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