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US flies two nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over the Middle East in show of force as tensions with Iran reach fever pitch following latest talks collapse
2022-09-06
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The two bombers took off from Royal Air Force base at Fairford, UK, and flew over eastern Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea on Sunday

  • They took part in training missions with Kuwaiti and Saudi warplanes

  • Top US air force officer in Middle East said mission showcases military's strength

Unmentioned by the Daily Mail:
In signal to Iran, Israeli jets again escort US bombers through region

[IsraelTimes] Three F-16i fighters jets fly alongside B-52 strategic bombers flying through Israeli airspace as they head to Persian Gulf.
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  ...There is a wonderful - and true - story from Operation Desert Storm, where soon after the ground war started an Iraqi LT COL surrendered his entire regiment, essentially untouched and marching them some distance to do it.

Once everyone was settled in, the intel guys sat down with the LT COL and asked him why he had surrendered.

His answer was short and direct: "The B-52s."

The intel guys checked their paperwork, then replied, "But your unit was never hit by the B-52s."

"I know," the colonel answered. "But I saw the ones that were."

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-09-06 14:29  

#6  My dad has told me of taking those VC prisoner after a B-52 made an appearance. Very shaken is a nice way of putting it of how they felt at the time.
Posted by: Chris   2022-09-06 13:55  

#5  B-52 is a nightmare without any nukes aboard. I read VC tales of being on the wrong side of rolling thunder in fairly deep bunkers and 10 feet of topsoil overturned and it sounded pretty horrific even when they knew it was coming
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-09-06 12:59  

#4  
Seriously....
Who honestly thinks it would be JB himself issuing the launch code?
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-09-06 12:28  

#3  Oldie but goodie

Posted by: DarthVader   2022-09-06 10:46  

#2  *Knock, knock* Missy ARCLIGHT wants to come in and play house...
Posted by: magpie   2022-09-06 10:24  

#1  Our enemies hate Miss Buffy with the white-hot intensity of ten thousand suns.

They know perfectly well what she's capable of just carrying conventional weapons, much less cans of Instant Sunshine (TM).

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-09-06 06:30  

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