The U.S. Air Force is sending six B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Diego Garcia, a military hub that acts as a strategic location for operations in both the Middle East and the Pacific.

Citing a U.S. official, CNN on Monday reported that the Cold War-era bomber will be "available for operations against Iran if ordered."


However, the latest "deployment does not signal that operations have been ordered," CNN reported.

"For operational security, we are not discussing forces flowing into or out of the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility at this time," Pentagon spokeswoman Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich told Military.com in response to a request for comment.


Diego Garcia -- like Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and Al Udeid Air Force Base, Qatar -- has the ability to house B-52s with flight lines and airfields that can accommodate the aircraft's size.

B-52s frequently deploy to those bases for continuous bomber presence missions, or to act as a reassuring overwatch and sit alert in case of conflict. B-52s also routinely launched from Diego Garcia to conduct missions in Afghanistan following 9/11.

But following President Donald Trump's order for an airstrike that killed Quds Force Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani last week, Iran has threatened to retaliate by striking U.S. forces in the Middle East.

Rocket attacks on Saturday hit Baghdad's "Green Zone," which houses the U.S. Embassy; another rocket attack hit Balad Air Base where U.S. troops are stationed, according to Iraq's military and state media. No U.S. injuries were reported.

Soleimani was killed at Baghdad's International Airport last week in what U.S. officials called a "decisive defensive action" to protect American personnel and diplomats in the Middle East. He has been charged by the U.S. as the mastermind behind attacks that killed hundreds of U.S. troops since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.



While the latest deployment may act as extra support, it's not the first time the Defense Department has sent a B-52 bomber task force to the region in recent months as a response to Iran.

Four long range, heavy bombers from the 20th Bomb Squadron, out of Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on May 8, 2019.

The bombers conducted patrols over the Perisan Gulf alongside F-15 Eagles and F-35A Joint Strike Fighters for weeks before more firepower was added to the region in subsequent months.

Once the amphibious assault ship Bataan, which is moving toward the Middle East, arrives, the U.S. will have added roughly 10,000 personnel to the area within the last week, according to The Wall Street Journal.


Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/01/06/air-force-sends-b-52-bombers-diego-garcia-amid-middle-east-buildup-report.html

Abeg make una rest. Every tom is now an expert on foreign affairs

Good for them! If they want war let them fight and stop all this audio stuffs

Peace is paramount,let give peace a chance.

Me... I just the chill the watch iran. Even their fellow Saudi Muslims want Iran destroyed

What a very decisive person, Trump is. A very very consistently decisive person. My man of the century



Peace is best sustained through might and strength

Capnd143:
Me... I just the chill the watch iran. Even their fellow Saudi Muslims want Iran destroyed

I dey chill beside you bro with coldstone, smoothie and pizza. I say goodbye to Iran and all terrorists and their apologists in advance

healthserve:



I dey chill beside you bro with coldstone, smoothie and pizza. I say goodbye to Iran and all terrorists and their apologists in advance

Iran don buy market..

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Biko n

Let's deescalate.

Why is Trump so bent on this war.

Nawaa

nijabazaar:
Biko n

Let's deescalate.

Why is Trump so bent on this war.

Nawaa

Iran and their allies should stop sponsoring Terrorism. Then everyone can sip champagne and watch EPL in peace

Capnd143:

It's called acting the talk. This isn't for sissies like oduma who's actually a female trapped in a male body. This is pure masculine

Bluemosquito:


Iran and their allies should stop sponsoring Terrorism. Then everyone can sip champagne and watch EPL in peace

Why is such might not displayed against Saudi Arabia? The very chief of Terrorism.
Or are some terrorists more special than others?

All I see here with Trump is D.ick measuring.

nijabazaar:


Why is such might not displayed against Saudi Arabia? The very chief of Terrorism.

All I see here with Trump is D.ick measuring.

American interests in Saudi outweigh their need to bomb terrorists there. Besides Iran boasts and brags way too much for America to just sit down and take it. Dick measuring? lol.

SniperSmurf:


American interests in Saudi outweigh their need to bomb terrorists there. Besides Iran boasts and brags way too much for America to just sit down and take it. Dick measuring? lol.

Twisted minds making it look like the persecution of. Islam and not serail killers and murderers of plenty innocent souls. The iad workers who were killed by this sick degenerates could you be your family. Even in full scale war there are personalities that are considered neutral and not to be touched because of their selfless service.



Keep seeing lies with your twisted view of reality If you no get work do, you no suppose go dey masturbate

nijabazaar:


Why is such might not displayed against Saudi Arabia? The very chief of Terrorism.
Or are some terrorists more special than others?

All I see here with Trump is D.ick measuring.

the Saudis are also complicit, but I believe with a douchebag (in a good way) like Trump in power, their time will surely come

Bluemosquito:
the Saudis are also complicit, but I believe with a douchebag (in a good way) like Trump in power, their time will surely come

This is selective.

Saudi has caused and exported more terrorists and harmful elements like no other (I mean 90% of 9/11 bombers were Saudis), yet America especially Trump treats them like old time buddies. Iran that has not harm Americans since the 1970s is being hounded. It's not fair.

The greater threat is Saudi, that is After Trump.

nijabazaar:


This is selective.

Saudi has caused and exported more terrorists and harmful elements like no other (I mean 90% of 9/11 bombers were Saudis), yet America especially Trump treats them like old time buddies. Iran that has not harm Americans since the 1970s is being hounded. It's not fair.

The greater threat is Saudi, that is After Trump.

so in your assessment you think Trump should let the Terrorist scum in Tehran run around until Saudi Arabia is punished?

Na wa

healthserve:





Twisted minds making it look like the persecution of. Islam and not serail killers and murderers of plenty innocent souls. The iad workers who were killed by this sick degenerates could you be your family. Even in full scale war there are personalities that are considered neutral and not to be touched because of their selfless service.



Keep seeing lies with your twisted view of reality If you no get work do, you no suppose go dey masturbate

Please be more coherent next time when you want to show yourself. Have a good day!

Capnd143:
so in your assessment you think Trump should let the Terrorist scum in Tehran run around until Saudi Arabia is punished?

This terrorists scum u called once worked with America against ISIS.

Who created ISIS? No be Saudi?


ONE THING I WILL GIVE TO TRUMP IS THIS


As a strategic thinker, Trump had no particular talent. Yet as a strategic sensor, he was uniquely gifted, possessing an intuitive genius for reading the temper of his supporters and stoking their grievances.

SniperSmurf:


Please be more coherent next time when you want to show yourself. Have a good day!

I knew your brain was stolen and you would never be able to form. Intelligent thoughts

healthserve:




I knew your brain was stolen and you would never be able to form. Intelligent thoughts

I SAID HAVE A GOOD DAY!

FTC

Trump really want this war to start oo






Glo why did you deny me ftc

I don't know why many of you people are happy. This is oppression. The last set of people who shouldn't be happy about this development should be Africans. Why are people so dumb that they can't think. What they're doing with Iran they would do it to many African countries.