Air Force conducts ‘bomber attack’ demonstration near VenezuelaThe flight was intended to demonstrate “U.S. commitment to proactively deter adversary threats to the U.S. homeland," according to the Air Force.By Zita Ballinger Fletcher8 days ago
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US Air Force awards contract to prototype next-gen bunker-buster bombThe Next Generation Penetrator will succeed the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, which the Air Force used to strike a key Iranian nuclear facility.By Stephen Losey7 weeks ago
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US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program up to 2 years, DOD says“We’re thinking probably closer to two years — like degraded their program by two years,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said Wednesday.By Noah Robertson4 months ago
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