6pm News;

In the skies
>Estimated numbers of US aerial assets in the Middle East;12×A10, 48×F15, 48×F16, 22×F35, 12×F22
>4 Active KC-135s off the US east coast; 58-0018 #AE04B8, 58-0124 #AE04C0, 60-0356 #AE04E8, 60-0362 #AE059D
>Current movements over the Med; 2x US GOLD/CORONET tankers over Sicily; 2x Luftwaffe A400 transports out of Ben Gurion; French A400 leaving Jordan.
>Over the last 24 hours, at least 20 C-17A Globemaster III and C-5M “Galaxy” Strategic Heavy-Lift Transports have arrived at airbases in the Middle East (picrel)

General QRD;
>Putin quoted- ‘We continue work at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, we are not evacuating staff from there’
>per BBC, quoting IDF's Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir; “the Israeli military does not stand idly by in the face of developing threats". Zamir says Israel are "in the midst of a multi-front war", citing a visit to the Gaza Strip, as well as to see sites in Israel hit by Iranian strikes.
>Israel also conducted several strikes against alleged Hezbollah sites in South Lebanon, in breach of the tenuous ceasefire in that area
>An automated message that was sent out to U.S. military personnel at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey Friday afternoon warning of a ballistic missile was sent in error
>The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Americans harmed by acts of terrorism in Israel can sue the Palestinian Authority in U.S. courts for damages under the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act

Also its 31 degrees here in the UK, its a Friday afternoon, listening to the cricket and generally having a good day- hope you're all having a good day too