Heavy Bomber Attacks
U.S. heavy bombers have appeared in the Afghanistan conflict as little more than distant contrails, but the small force--primarily 18 Boeing B-1s and B-52s operating from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean--has dropped most of the 4,700 tons delivered by the Air Force, which comprise 72% of the war's...
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