B-52 Bombers deployed at Diego Garcia
The US Defense Department is sending six B-52 bombers to the Diego Garcia military base in the northern Indian Ocean as preparations for possible military action against Iran move forward.
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| The Pentagon is deploying six B-52 Stratofortress bombers (like the ones seen in the above stock image) to a military base in the northern Indian Ocean, according to a CNN report from Monday |
Pentagon officials told CNN on Monday that the B-52 will be available for operations against the Islamic Republic if ordered into action, though the deployment does not signal a decision has been made about any attack plans, as reported by Dailymail.
The United States maintains several military bases in a number of Middle Eastern countries in close proximity to Iran, but it chose to deploy its bombers to Diego Garcia because it is out of reach of Iran’s longest range missiles, according to the Pentagon.
JAN 06: USAF B-52Hs MYTEE51 & 52 departed Barksdale AFB for Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean due to #Iran tensions.
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This is the second time in the last year that the American military has deployed B-52 bomber aircraft to the region due to rising tensions with Iran.
In May, the White House ordered six B-52s to deploy to an American military base in Qatar as well as other bases in ‘southwest Asia’ after it received reports of alleged threats from Iran.
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This ain't the half of it. Have you seen the image of the "Elephant Walk" of 52 F35-A's on a
runway? There is no mistaking the meaning. Trump is reminding the Iranians about the 52 US
hostages that were held for 444 days in the Carter years. These aircrat will start readyness
drills any day now!
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Leonard Jones CA.
Ahh. CNN the unpaid foreign intelligence network of the IIRC.
as a reminder, the two fighter wings rolled fifty two combined out of two wings each with seventy something assigned.
four buffs. one thousand + GBU-53B glide bombs. 110Km range from launch. dows Iran have more than a thousand targets?
acquaintance of mine was a bombardier in the USAF. he often said he would rather use a tack hammer on a target than a sledge hammer. In today's world of guided weapons, striking within one meter of the aimpoint allows the use of much less power to destroy the target. t
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