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U.S. bombers have arrived in the Middle East region as tensions flare over Iran potentially launching another attack on Israel, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed early Sunday. B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers from Minot Air Force Base’s 5th Bomb Wing arrived in the Middle East, CENTCOM said, without elaborating. Pentagon officials earlier said that B-52 […]
The US has carried out B-2 stealth bomber strikes on Houthi underground weapons facilities in Yemen for the first time, in an escalation that appears in part to be a warning to the movement’s backers in Tehran. Local television in Houthi-run areas of the country reported 15 strikes hit five sites near the capital, Sana’a, […]
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says strikes aimed at countering Houthis’ ‘destabilising behaviour’. The United States military has bombed a series of targets in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi group, the US defence chief has said. US Air Force B-2 stealth bombers conducted “precision strikes” against five underground weapons storage locations, Secretary […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes early Thursday morning targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear what damage was done in the strikes. However, it is incredibly rare for the B-2 Spirit to be used in the strikes targeting the Houthis, who […]
CNN — The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, targeting five underground weapons storage facilities using B-2 stealth bombers. The facilities, three US defense officials told CNN following the attack, housed advanced conventional weapons used to target military and civilian vessels […]
Russian jets were scrambled to prevent two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft from crossing over into Russia, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Russian MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighter jets identified two U.S. Air Force B-52H heavy bombers closing in on the border after Russia detected aerial targets over the Barents Sea, the Kremlin said in […]
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday that Russian warplanes prevented two U.S. strategic bombers from violating the state border over the Barents Sea. After having detected an air target approaching the Russian borders, the military scrambled MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighter jets, the ministry said in a statement. The MiGs identified the planes as two U.S. […]
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