How B-2 bombers flew 37 hours to hit Iran's nuclear sites

Multiple mid-air refuelling before six bunker buster bombs unleashed on Fordow

- BY STEPHEN N.R.

In one of the most dramatic escalations in US-Iranian tensions in decades, American B-2 Spirit stealth bombers flew non-stop for nearly 37 hours from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to strike three of Iran's most fortified nuclear sites early yesterday, delivering what US President Donald Trump called a "very successful attack" on Tehran's atomic programme.

According to The New York Times, the mission required multiple mid-air refuelling operations, with the B-2 bombers flying deep into hostile airspace to unleash six GBU-57 “bunker buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordow facility — a site regarded as impenetrable due to its deep underground construction inside a mountain.

'Fordow is gone'