The latest European Space Agency Sentinel-2 L2A satellite pass, shared by @SA_Defensa on X in the 29-minute reporting window ending at 10:16 p.m. UTC, shows six US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers deployed at Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as part of a military buildup. This imagery confirms earlier Sentinel-2 images captured at 3:17 p.m. UTC on December 10 showing the same six KC-135R Stratotankers parked on the maintenance-closed runway 17-35, where operations continue on an alternate runway, according to X posts by @Flightwatcher1. The deployment aligns with US Air Force KC-135 operations from the site reported earlier today, following the US Coast Guard-led seizure of the AZURE oil tanker off Venezuela's coast, as stated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by The New York Times. Separately, President Trump stated on the president of Colombia, "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next," according to an X post by @atrupar shared during the reporting window. This follows Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's statement earlier to the people of Colombia that "sooner rather than later we have to re-found Gran Colombia," per @AlertaMundoNews.
