Further update on 82nd Airborne and SF deployments.
Operation EPIC FURY – Airlift Surge Analysis (03/14–03/24)
~50 US Air Force C-17 flights observed, with 42 fully attributable routes, showing a high-tempo strategic airlift surge from CONUS into the Middle East via Ramstein.
Origins:
14-KSVN (Hunter AAF)
7-KPOB (Pope AAF)
7-KTCM (McChord AFB)
4-KHOP (Campbell AAF)
4-KNTU (NAS Oceana)
4-KGRF (Gray AAF)
1-KWRI (McGuire)
1-KMCF (MacDill AFB)
8-Unknown
Destinations:
24-Jordan
17-Israel
Units of interest at each origin:
KPOB (Pope AAF / Fort Bragg, NC):
➜ 82nd Airborne
➜ Delta Force
➜ 3rd Special Forces Group
KHOP (Fort Campbell, KY):
➜ 101st Airborne
➜ 160th SOAR KTCM/KGRF (JB Lewis-McChord, WA):
➜ 75th Ranger Regiment (2/75)
➜160th SOAR
➜ 1st Special Forces Group
KNTU (NAS Oceana):
➜ Naval Special Warfare/DEVGRU
KMCF (MacDill AFB, FL):
➜Central Command
➜Special Operations Command
KSVN (Hunter AAF/Fort Stewart, GA):
➜160th SOAR
➜3rd Infantry Division
➜75th Ranger Regiment
When viewed as a whole, the volume of flights—combined with the diversity of origin bases and the units associated with them—strongly indicates a significant deployment of special operations forces into the region.