How Israel Paved The Way In Iran For The Largest U.S. B-2 Strike To Date

Night vision view of B-21 bomber

The U.S. conducted the largest B-2 raid when bombers took off from Whiteman AFB, Missouri, to strike Iran before returning home in their nonstop mission.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
Air superiority is back. After more than three years of fighting in which Russia failed to win control of the skies over Ukraine, the Israel Defense Forces’ 12-day operation against Iran provided something of a master class in gaining control of an adversary’s airspace—and, with help from the U.S...
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