The B-2 Spirit Bomber pilots, who executed last night’s attack on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear facilities, returned to the Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on Sunday at approximately 5 pm after an 18-hour trip from Iran.
The U.S. bombed Iran on Saturday night, striking its three nuclear sites in the first ever use of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator “Bunker Buster” bombs.
President Trump cheered their safe landing on Truth Social this afternoon, thanking them for “a job well done.”
Via Matt Evans:
The President addressed the nation last night, hours after the attack, which he called a “spectacular military success.” He further threatened Iran that “there are many targets left” and “we will go after those other targets with precision, speed, and skill” if they retaliate.
As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hengseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine held a press conference this morning following the Saturday U.S. strikes on Iran nuclear facilities.
The operation, dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer,” was a highly classified
The 18-plus hour mission was “the largest B-2 operational strike in U.S. history, and the second longest B-2 mission ever flown, exceeded only by those in the days following 9/11,” said General Caine.
The strike involved more than 125 US aircraft.
WATCH: “Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER” – Hegseth and Gen. Caine Detail Highly Classified and Sophisticated Iran Operation and Use of Decoys to Maintain Element of Surprise in “Longest B-2 Spirit Bomber Mission Since 2001”
Hegseth and the General could not confirm that Iran’s nuclear capabilities were destroyed, but “all of our precision munitions struck where we wanted them to strike and had the desired effect,” Hegseth said.
President Trump declared on Truth Social earlier that the damage on Iran’s nuclear sites was “monumental.”
The damage to the Nuclear sites in Iran is said to be “monumental.” The hits were hard and accurate. Great skill was shown by our military. Thank you!
Watch the Secretary Hegseth and General Caine detail the operation during their press conference below:
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