Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 Strike Eagles break away from a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer over the Red Sea on Saturday. | Senior Airman Jerreht Harris/U.S. Air Force via AP
Politico/AP: U.S. B-1B bomber flies over Mideast amid Iran tensions
Fighter jets from Bahrain, Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia flew alongside the bomber.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Air Force said Sunday it flew a B-1B strategic bomber over key maritime chokepoints in the Mideast with allies including Israel amid ongoing tensions with Iran as its nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters.
The B-1B Lancer bomber flew Saturday over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil traded passes.
It also flew over the Red Sea, its narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Egypt’s Suez Canal.
The Strait of Hormuz has been the scene of attacks on shipping blamed on Iran in recent years, while the Red Sea has seen similar assaults amid an ongoing shadow war between Tehran and Israel.
The Islamic Republic has denied being involved in the attacks, though it has promised to take revenge on Israel for a series of attacks targeting its nuclear program.
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WNU Editor: It looks like the US wants to remind everyone in the region that the US is still there.
While Washington fucks around and liberals feel sorry for the aggressor, the Houthis, the Iranians are going to give them surface to air missiles capable of shooting down an B-1B.
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