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Former B-2 Pilot Instructor Reflects on Experience After Planes Were Used in Iran

  • Seven B-2 Spirit bombers flew a 36- to 37-hour round-trip mission from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities during Operation Midnight Hammer.
  • The mission was authorized to neutralize threats posed by Iran's nuclear program and to support the collective self-defense of U.S. troops and Israel after the Israel-Iran conflict began on June 13.
  • Seven B-2 Spirit bombers deployed a total of fourteen GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-buster bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds, targeting heavily fortified Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, with support from over 125 aircraft and coordinated deception tactics.
  • Gen. Dan Caine described the strikes as the largest B-2 operational attack in U.S. history with extremely severe damage, though officials expressed uncertainty about fully neutralizing the facilities and the whereabouts of enriched uranium.
  • The mission demonstrated the B-2's stealth and endurance capabilities, challenging pilots physically and psychologically, and solidified Whiteman AFB's critical role as the only operational base for the U.S. stealth bomber fleet.
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Only the B-2 Spirit can bring the bomb weighing over 13 tons to its destination. For the operation the pilots were in the air for over one and a half days. The attack itself took only 25 minutes

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