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2026-05-12 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel civil aviation head says US refuelers at Ben Gurion are crowding out civilian planes

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-12 2026-05-12 03:31|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1806 views ] Top
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1 Oh fucking well, deal with it.

Posted by chris 2026-05-12 04:56|| 2026-05-12 04:56|| Front Page Top

2 The disruption and chaos has to be disturbing, but if the choice is between US warplanes and ballistic missile craters, I'd pick the planes.

Is this guy part of the anti-Bibi crowd? This all sounds like a political talking point.

Posted by SteveS 2026-05-12 08:16|| 2026-05-12 08:16|| Front Page Top

3 ^Every one is anti-Bibi - except the voters.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-12 09:22|| 2026-05-12 09:22|| Front Page Top

4 There's only x amount of spots at every airport in the world - especially for wide bodies. Add in that you want to keep the foreign military aircraft a little separate for ground security and you eat up territory in a hurry. Add in all the Atlas and other civilian cargo aircraft transiting bringing in supplies / equipment and your get ramp saturation in a hurry.

If just one aircraft has a maintenance issue during transit and the crew has to RON you've blocked as spot for 12-14 hours crew rest (unless you have spare crews). If you planned 3 hour turns in that position you just made 4 aircraft hold upline waiting for parking to become available. Happened all the time at Kandahar, Bagram, etc.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-05-12 18:14|| 2026-05-12 18:14|| Front Page Top

5 Rantburg University, Professor Clem+Elmish4239 lecturing today!

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-12 22:28|| 2026-05-12 22:28|| Front Page Top

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