U.S. Department of Defense
microblog · @DeptofDefense · state · 23 January 2026, 14:20
Air Mobility Command has established a direct strategic air bridge sustaining U.S. forces in the Arctic from continental hubs. Operations continue on schedule and without interruption.
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Operation Boreal Bridge. Fleet mechanics in Greenland were already reporting critical shortages of de-icing fluid, cold-weather lubricants and heavy engineering spares, and fuel burn at Pituffik was outrunning the prepositioned reserve.
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The bridge was established because host nations revoked clearances for US aerial refuelling from European bases on 21 January.
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@ktown_mel · civilian
23 Jan 2026 10:15
Small practical thing nobody is covering: the German kids in my daughter's class made her a card. She is seven. She does not know what an asset freeze is. She knows the card said "wir vermissen dich schon" — we miss you already — and she has not put it down si…
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23 Jan 2026 14:00
Seventy-two hours in the operations centre at Scott Air Force Base rebuild the North Atlantic logistics spine without a single European runway. Every sortie now flies 3,200 nautical miles round trip.
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@hull_and_wake · osint
23 Jan 2026 16:05
Watching the charter market instead of the runways. MSC and MARAD have been booking ice-class heavy lift out of Halifax all week. Generators, prefab, construction material. You cannot fly a generator to Greenland economically. The air bridge is theatre. The se…
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@GIUKwatch · osint
23 Jan 2026 20:00
State of play, day fourteen. Greenland: occupied. Allied fifth-gen: half grounded. US assets in Europe: frozen. European airspace to US offensive traffic: closed. Deaths: zero. That last line is doing a lot of work and nobody should assume it holds.