B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran

[TexasTowelie]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A pair of B-52 bombers from Minot Air Force Base flew over the Mideast on Sunday, the latest such mission in the region aimed at warning Iran amid tensions between Washington and Tehran.

The flight by the two heavy bombers came as a pro-Iran satellite channel based in Beirut broadcast Iranian military drone footage of an Israeli ship hit by a mysterious explosion only days earlier in the Mideast. While the channel sought to say Iran wasn't involved, Israel has blamed Tehran for what it described as an attack on the vessel.

The U.S. military's Central Command said the two B-52s flew over the region accompanied by military aircraft from nations including Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It marked the fourth-such bomber deployment into the Mideast this year and the second under President Joe Biden.

Flight-tracking data showed the two B-52s flew out of Minot Air Force Base, something Central Command did not mention in its statement on the flights though authorities later published images of the flight crew preparing its departure there.

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[lpbk2713]

1. That's a hell of a long flight just to do some sabre rattling.

But it's their job.

https://www.travelmath.com/flying-time/from/Minot,+ND/to/Tehran,+Iran

[Blues Heron]

2. The threat of more violence - will it ever end?

this is taking on a Hatfield vs the McCoys aspect. Lame.

[Shermann]

3. If we really want to rattle their cages we should fly the band The B52's over there

They can pack some "Rock Lobster" in their pipes and smoke it.

[Bongo Prophet]

4. The trip begins with a kiss. Love not bombs.

I hear a wind
Whistling air
Whispering in my ear

Boy mercury shooting through every degree
Oh girl dancing down those dirty and dusty trails
Take it hip to hip rocking through the wilderness
Around the world the trip begins with a kiss

Roam if you want to, roam around the world
Roam if you want to, without wings without wheels
Roam if you want to, roam around the world
Roam if you want to, without anything but the love we feel

Skip the air-strip to the sunset
Yeah ride the arrow to the target
Take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness
Around the world the trip begins with a kiss

Roam if you want to, roam around the world
Roam if you want to, without wings without wheels
Roam if you want to, roam around the world
Roam if you want to, without anything but the love we feel

Fly the great big sky see the great big sea
Kick through continents bustin' boundaries
Take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness
Around the world the trip begins with a kiss

Roam if you want to, roam around the world
Roam if you want to, without wings without wheels
Roam if you want to, roam around the world
Roam if you want to, without anything but the love we feel

Take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness
Take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness
Take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness
Take it hip to hip rock it through the wilderness

[hunter]

5. The B-52 took its first flight in April 1952

The Tupolev Tu-95, of similar vintage, is still flying as well. The noise it makes is unique and unforgettable.

These airplanes are testaments to the engineers who built them.

Nevertheless, most people don't like it when some old fart sends them a dick pic.