Diego Garcia’s gotta be filled up. Remember France not allowing our jets to flyover to get to Libya from England? They had to go through the Straight of Gibraltar. Pilots had to be helped out of their cockpits when it was over.
Yup, it's a straight shot to Iran from there; no borders to negotiate re air space.
April 2nd:
The Pentagon has sent at least six B-2 bombers – 30% of the US Air Force’s stealth bomber fleet – to the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, in what analysts have called a message to Iran as tensions once again flare in the Middle East.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/middleeast/us-b2-bombers-diego-garcia-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
B- 25’s went to GUAM
DISTANCE from there to Tehran= about 5600 miles.