{"id":34461,"date":"2025-06-24T06:46:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T06:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/b-2-bombers-from-iran-mission-return-home-to-missouri\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T06:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T06:46:52","slug":"b-2-bombers-from-iran-mission-return-home-to-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/b-2-bombers-from-iran-mission-return-home-to-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"B-2 bombers from Iran mission return home to Missouri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The B-2 bomber pilots who carried out strikes on Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities have returned to the U.S., President Trump confirmed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News crews captured video of several B-2 Spirit Bombers flying back to the Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on Sunday afternoon. Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said earlier in the day that seven of the aircraft flew east from the base to Iran to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-launches-strikes-iranian-nuclear-facilities-trump-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">bomb three nuclear sites<\/a><\/span>\u00a0at\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-iran-war-fordo-nuclear-site\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Fordo<\/a><\/span>, Natanz and Isfahan. The mission, dubbed\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pentagon-briefing-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Operation Midnight Hammer,&#8221;<\/a><\/span>\u00a0was the &#8220;largest B-2 operational strike in U.S. history,&#8221; Caine said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for a job well done!!!&#8221; Mr. Trump wrote Sunday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114729086320228278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Truth Social post<\/a> confirming the pilots&#8217; return. He also said Sunday that the damage to Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites was &#8220;monumental.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The hits were hard and accurate. Great skill was shown by our military,&#8221; he said in another post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/22\/fef9d7ac-3728-430d-addd-9152f9998e17\/thumbnail\/620x376g2\/822468d314162867103ef2e9ab4e622e\/screenshot-2025-06-22-at-6-10-31-pm.png?v=64f55bb7ef9382fe7916b907da543f1f#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-06-22-at-6-10-31-pm.png \" height=\"376\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/22\/fef9d7ac-3728-430d-addd-9152f9998e17\/thumbnail\/620x376g2\/822468d314162867103ef2e9ab4e622e\/screenshot-2025-06-22-at-6-10-31-pm.png?v=64f55bb7ef9382fe7916b907da543f1f 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A U.S. military B-2 bomber flies over Missouri as it returns to the Whiteman Air Force Base after the June 21, 2025, mission targeting nuclear sites in Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ian Lee\/CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pentagon-briefing-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pentagon briefing<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Sunday, Caine said that each of the B-2 bombers carried two GBU-57 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/massive-ordnance-penetrator-bomb-gbu-57-b-2-bomber-iran-fordo-nuclear-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Massive Ordnance Penetrators<\/a><\/span>, or MOPs. Over 25 minutes, a total of 14 MOPs were dropped on two target areas at Fordo and Natanz, while Tomahawk missiles from a U.S. submarine targeted the Isfahan site, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Another group of B-2s flew west over the Pacific to act as decoys, Caine said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than 125 U.S. aircraft participated in this mission,&#8221; Caine said, including the B-2 bombers, fighter jets, refueling planes and surveillance aircraft. More than 75 precision-guided weapons were used in the attack, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/satellite-photos-iran-fordo-nuclear-before-after-us-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">satellite images<\/a><\/span> show several large diameter holes or craters on the top of the ridge over the underground complex at Fordo. 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