Several U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers appeared to have taken off from a base in the United States and were headed across the Pacific, as President Trump was scheduled to meet at the White House with his national security team on Saturday evening to discuss joining Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
Air traffic control communications showed the B-2 aircraft, which can carry the 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs Mr. Trump is considering dropping on Iran’s Fordo underground nuclear facility, taking off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
The destination of the planes was not clear, though one air traffic control message suggested they were en route to a U.S. air base on Guam.
Moving planes does not mean the president has made a decision to strike. It is not unusual to shift military assets into position to provide options to the president even if they are not ultimately deployed. It is also possible the United States purposely allowed the public to know about the movement of the bombers to pressure Iran to come to the negotiating table.
Earlier on Saturday, Israel launched a wave of airstrikes against missile sites and a nuclear facility in Iran, while Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles and launched drones into Israel. Israel’s military said it had sent some 30 fighter jets to strike military infrastructure in the Ahvaz region of southwestern Iran, including sites for missile launchers and radars.
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