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2026-02-04 -Land of the Free

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Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-04 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1777 views ] Top

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OPEN QUESTION.

Does anyone else think way too much J-2 / J-4 operations data and flight info is freely flowing around?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-02-04 06:15|| 2026-02-04 06:15|| Front Page Top

2 Yes. 'Order of Battle' as a hobby? Fine, how about keeping it to yourself? Only an adversary would have an interest in this.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-02-04 06:30|| 2026-02-04 06:30|| Front Page Top

3 Yes but - - - that's only the actual military airlift. Nobody is (publicly) tracking the Atlas, Kalitta, etc lift to both military and civilian airports.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-02-04 06:40|| 2026-02-04 06:40|| Front Page Top

4 Where's the link to the original article? Or is this opinion?

Posted by Bobby 2026-02-04 08:46|| 2026-02-04 08:46|| Front Page Top

5 With all the military and commercial satellite imagery available it is hard to move Patriot and THAAD batteries without someone seeing. That doesn't include hobbyists who track planes for fun.

We are probably being obvious anyway to make Iran realize we are serious and to see how they react and get signal and other intelligence from how they react.

Posted by Chantry 2026-02-04 08:49|| 2026-02-04 08:49|| Front Page Top

6 Where's the link to the original article?

TheIntelFrog has a very active X page, Bobby. But even though it is open source information, our moderators have security concerns about sharing the information here.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-02-04 09:33|| 2026-02-04 09:33|| Front Page Top

7 Where's the link to the original article?

Item was 'pruned' due to suggested sensitivity. Comments retained for content.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-04 09:36|| 2026-02-04 09:36|| Front Page Top

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