Staff Sgt. Mark Farrar, a crew chief from the 131st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, marshalls a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber as it arrives at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, Aug. 12, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar/Air Force)
Warzone/The Drive: 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.
Three U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bombers launched from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, in the early hours of Aug. 11, 2020, heading for the remote island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The three bombers flew west from their home base and out over the Pacific Ocean, passing Hawaii and then onwards for a planned run across northern Australia before continuing west to the secluded island air base.
The launch of this B-2 mission, which saw the aircraft using the callsigns Reaper 11, Reaper 12, and Reaper 13, follows the deployment of six USAF B-52Hs earlier this year to the remote base. That deployment was a response to a spike in tensions with Iran, details of which you can find here in this previous War Zone feature.
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Update: B-2s deploy to Diego Garcia (Air Force Times)
WNU Editor: This happens on every US Presidential election cycle. Two to three months before the election US military forces are deployed throughout the world.
4 comments:
Is this to protect us from Russian troll farms or against Chinese spies? I already feel safer;-)
I feel safer that China is wiping out the Uighurs and all the NBA ants is their money.
Well, IMHO I link that with the overwhelming spy plane missions. There is something fishy from China.
" This happens on every US Presidential election cycle. Two to three months before the election US military forces are deployed throughout the world"
IMO the answer is obvious.
It is very smart; it is very dumb.
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