the coming war acceleration will be accompanied by new war fighting things we couldn't have imagined a few years ago; 

 

The transatlantic arrival of a United States Air Force (USAF) EA-37B Compass Call II electronic warfare aircraft at Ramstein Air Base represents a calculated escalation in Washington’s preparation for spectrum-centric conflict, reflecting a doctrinal shift that increasingly prioritizes electromagnetic dominance as the decisive enabler of modern air and joint operations across both the European and Middle Eastern theatres.

Tracked by aviation observers on 25 January 2026, the EA-37B bearing serial number 17-5579 and operating under the callsign FAZE41 marked the first publicly observed forward movement of this next-generation electronic attack platform into Europe, a deployment that immediately triggered strategic assessments regarding potential onward repositioning toward the Middle East amid intensifying confrontation involving Iran and its regional proxy networks.

Ramstein Air Base, long recognised as the United States Air Force’s most critical operational hub in Europe and a strategic logistics artery bridging NATO and US Central Command (CENTCOM) theatres, provides an ideal staging environment for high-value assets whose missions demand rapid theatre-to-theatre flexibility without reliance on politically sensitive forward basing........more........