The bombers took off from Britain’s Fairford Air Force Base in England and flew over the eastern Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea on Sunday on a training mission alongside Kuwaiti and Saudi warplanes before leaving the region.
Threats to the United States and our partners will not go unanswered
– He said Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich, In a statement to the Commander in Chief of the US Air Force in the Middle East.
Washington has repeatedly sent B-52 bombers to the region in the past when US-Iran relations deteriorated, the last such flight in June. As Israel, Iran’s regional enemy, joined the multinational mission, Three Israeli F-16 fighters escorted the American bombers.
Donald Trump’s decision four years ago to cancel the nuclear agreement with Tehran triggered a series of military incidents in the region. The two parties are currently working on renewing the nuclear agreement brokered by the European Union, but the conflict in the region has only intensified in the recent period.
Iran’s paramilitary unit, the Revolutionary Guards, attempted to pull out a navy drone last week, and then the Iranian navy captured two US drones in the Red Sea for a few hours. The US flight was intended as a strong US response to Iranian provocation.
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