A B-1B Bomber That Just Circumnavigated The Arabian Peninsula Has Stunning Photos To Show For It
Fighters from Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, and Bahrain joined the swing-wing bomber on its journey around one of the world’s toughest neighborhoods.
Tag: Diego Garcia
B-1 Bombers Deploy To Diego Garcia For The First Time In Over 15 Years
The B-1B swing-wing bombers are back at the Indian Ocean outpost at a time of tensions in the wider Asia-Pacific region.
New Mobile Operations Center Used To Support B-2 Stealth Bomber Deployment To Diego Garcia
The new deployable operations center is a key component of the Air Force’s ambitions to rapidly stage its stealth bombers at forward operating bases.
Trio Of B-2 Stealth Bombers Deployed To The Island Of Diego Garcia As Seen From Space
The B-2s flew direct from the U.S. to the remote outpost in the Indian Ocean and have already executed missions over Asia.
Trio Of B-2 Stealth Bombers Deploy To The Remote Island Outpost Of Diego Garcia
Forward deploying the B-2s to the Indian Ocean puts them well within reach of hotspots in the Middle East and Asia.
New Details Emerge About Snap Deployment Of B-52s To Diego Garcia During Iran Crisis
The bombers flew thousands of flight hours across dozens of sorties, including strikes in Afghanistan thousands of miles away.
When Secret Mystery Planes Landed At The Air Bases Where I Was Stationed
It may sound like fiction, but on rare occasions, ordinary air bases have extraordinary mystery visitors. It happened to me, twice.
B-52 Bomber Spotted Flying Low Just Off Somali Coast (Updated)
B-52s have a reconnaissance capability and their presence can act as a deterrent, as well as a training opportunity for U.S. and local forces.
Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis
New satellite imagery, which The War Zone exclusively obtained from Planet Labs, shows two B-52s at the U.S. air base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, where they are out of the reach of Iranian missiles. These are the first of six of the bombers that the U.S. military is deploying to the remote base amid heightened tensions with Iran and now in the wake of unprecedented Iranian missile strikes targeting U.S. forces in Iraq.
Pentagon Deploys Six B-52s To Diego Garcia Beyond The Reach Of Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
Airbases and aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf are vulnerable to Iran’s deep stock of ballistic and cruise missiles, but not Diego Garcia.