It’s getting real: This represents 40-50% of the deployable US air power in the world.

This represents 40-50% of the deployable US air power in the world. Think air power on the order of the 1991 and 2003 Iraq war. And growing. Never has the US deployed this much force against a potential enemy and not launched strikes. pic.twitter.com/NLPIOEyeUs

— Robert A. Pape (@ProfessorPape) February 21, 2026