Posted on 03/26/2025 4:18:21 PM PDT by Mariner
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.
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It's not like they can hide or anything.
Each B2 carries two of those monsters.
Not sure if Diego Garcia will tip over. On the other hand, the B2s might be able to plant the American flag on Mars!
I hope this is a one-and-done.
Spirit Bombers, sounds like what happens at a Pentecostal revival
They’re not going to all this trouble over Houthis.
🔝🔝🔝
And it’s not like Iran didn’t already know this was coming.
STFU, LLSS
They knew about it before Warzone or you or me.
My guess, a training exercise. Been there, done that years back. Lots of assets converge on Diego for large scale training.
Maybe they WANT IRAN to know?
“routine training” event...
I predict an impending azz whupping in the midfle east.🤔
B-52 is 70,000, and the B-1B is a whopping 75,000 lbs of payload.
Of course, neither are particularly stealthy.
Big crater......
do not communicate what others can see on a Signals app....
That’s what I think too.
“On the other hand, the B2s might be able to plant the American flag on Mars!”
You mean right next to the US flag the Apollo astronauts planted?? wow.
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