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B-2 Spirits Return to Missouri Base After Striking Iranian Nuclear Facilities

Seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from Whiteman AFB returned to Missouri after a cross-continental mission to strike underground Iranian nuclear facilities with massive bunker-buster bombs. The aircraft, supported by tanker refuelers and escorts, began arriving June 22 following the operation launched June 21.

2025-06-22T14:23:21.559107-07:00

The War Zone

B-2 Spirits Execute 37-Hour Global Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites with GBU-57 MOPs

2025-06-22T09:24:39.131433-07:00

NBC News

US B-2 Spirits hit three Iranian nuclear sites with GBU-57 bunker busters, Trump warns of further strikes

2025-06-21T17:15:08.654742-07:00

UK Defence Journal

US Positions B-2 Stealth Bombers in Pacific Amid Potential Strike on Iran

2025-06-21T00:53:31.228571-07:00

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Associated Press

B-2 Spirits Return to Missouri Base After Striking Iranian Nuclear Facilities Seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from Whiteman AFB returned to Missouri after a cross-continental mission to strike underground Iranian nuclear facilities with massive bunker-buster bombs. The aircraft, supported by tanker refuelers and escorts, began arriving June 22 following the operation launched June 21.

2025-06-22T14:23:21.559107-07:00

B-2 Spirits Return to Missouri Base After Striking Iranian Nuclear Facilities

The War Zone

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B-2 Spirits Execute 37-Hour Global Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites with GBU-57 MOPs Seven USAF B-2 Spirit stealth bombers flew a 37-hour global mission from Whiteman AFB, refueling mid-air, to strike Iran’s Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites with 14 GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators. The operation also launched over 30 Tomahawk missiles from an Ohio-class submarine.

2025-06-22T09:24:39.131433-07:00

B-2 Spirits Execute 37-Hour Global Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites with GBU-57 MOPs

NBC News

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US B-2 Spirits hit three Iranian nuclear sites with GBU-57 bunker busters, Trump warns of further strikes U.S. Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bombers flew east over the Atlantic to drop GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators on Iran’s heavily fortified Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear facilities. President Trump said more strikes would follow if peace does not come quickly after Iranian missile fire wounded civilians in Israel.

2025-06-21T17:15:08.654742-07:00

US B-2 Spirits hit three Iranian nuclear sites with GBU-57 bunker busters, Trump warns of further strikes

UK Defence Journal

US Positions B-2 Stealth Bombers in Pacific Amid Potential Strike on Iran US Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bombers and KC-135 tankers departed Whiteman AFB on June 21, heading to Andersen AFB, Guam, and Diego Garcia. The move signals forward deployment of long-range strike assets as the Trump administration weighs potential military action against Iran.

2025-06-21T00:53:31.228571-07:00

US Positions B-2 Stealth Bombers in Pacific Amid Potential Strike on Iran

Breaking Defense

Air Force Accelerates Battle Staff Decisions Sevenfold With Inaugural DASH AI Experiment In its first DASH experimentation, the US Air Force and Shadow Operations Center – Nellis coders spent two weeks developing ‘agentic AI’ decision-support tools, which staff officers then evaluated in simulated high-intensity conflict scenarios. The AI Transformational Model accelerated staff decision cycles by a factor of seven.

2025-06-20T05:35:20.300486-07:00

Air Force Accelerates Battle Staff Decisions Sevenfold With Inaugural DASH AI Experiment

Stars and Stripes

U.S. Army to close Fort Eustis Transportation Museum and merge exhibits into new Fort Lee Logistics Museum The U.S. Army will shutter its Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Va., within three years, merging more than 7,000 artifacts and 135 military vehicles with exhibits from its Quartermaster and Ordnance museums at Fort Lee into a single Logistics Museum. The consolidation, part of an Army transformation initiative, will continue through FY2029.

2025-06-19T14:55:21.221937-07:00

U.S. Army to close Fort Eustis Transportation Museum and merge exhibits into new Fort Lee Logistics Museum

Space.com

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NASA, DoD Rehearse Artemis 2 Abort Recovery Procedures NASA and the Department of Defense conducted a full-scale dress rehearsal for abort recovery operations in preparation for Artemis 2, the agency’s first crewed lunar flyby in over five decades. The exercise validated procedures for Orion capsule and crew retrieval in the event of an in-flight abort.

2025-06-19T09:03:01.317578-07:00

NASA, DoD Rehearse Artemis 2 Abort Recovery Procedures

Reuters

USAF’s B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, Bunker-Busters and Strategic Strike Alternatives The U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit stealth bomber remains its premier platform for penetrating advanced air defenses to deliver precision bunker-buster strikes against deeply buried targets such as Iran’s nuclear research facilities. This factbox outlines the B-2’s current munition options—including new bunker-busters—and other strategic strike alternatives under consideration.

2025-06-18T13:35:46.019779-07:00

USAF’s B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, Bunker-Busters and Strategic Strike Alternatives

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