Over the last couple of hours, at least 11 C-17A Globemaster llls and a C-5M Super Galaxy have departed bases in the Middle East returning to Europe, with, for the first time in several weeks, no military cargo flights currently bound for the Middle East from airbases in Europe. This follows a message seen earlier today over ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) from the U.S. Air Force’s Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, directed at several C-17s heading to King Abdullah II Air Base in Jordan and other locations in the Middle East, which stated “PLEASE MINIMIZE GND TIME. I CANNOT PASS ANYMORE INFO AT THIS TIME.”