3 x B-2s in Diego Garcia, another 4 reported to be airborne en-route to join them.
According to Open Source intelligence, four additional B-2 stealth bombers are en route to Diego Garcia, bringing the total to seven—a record deployment.
The island, about 3,500–4,000 km from the Middle East, serves as a key launch point for U.S. bombers with aerial refueling support.
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Signs U.S. Massing B-2 Spirit Bombers In Diego Garcia
A significant force of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers looks to be currently wending its way to
the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. Satellite imagery shows at least three C-17 cargo planes and 10 aerial refueling tankers forward-deployed in the last 48 hours to
the highly strategic British territory, which has been used as a staging point for U.S. strikes in the Middle East on multiple occasions in the past.
The build-up comes amid a new
surge in U.S. strikes targeting the Houthis and growing warnings to Iran from the Trump administration over support for the Yemeni militants and Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
The crews of two B-2 bombers, callsigns Pitch 11 and Pitch 14, could be heard communicating with air traffic controllers in Australia earlier today in publicly available audio. The crew of Pitch 11 confirms the presence of a third bomber, as well. The trio of bombers appears to have refueled in flight over Australia while heading westward.
A fourth B-2, callsign Pitch 13, landed at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii yesterday after declaring an emergency in flight. Video subsequently emerged showing that aircraft being met on the ground by a crash truck, but the nature of the emergency remains unknown.
Additional air traffic control recordings indicate that additional B-2s, using the callsign Abba, departed Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri earlier today also bound for Diego Garcia. The Air Force’s entire force of 20 B-2 bombers is based at Whiteman.…..