Biden Administration increases B-52 bombers in region as deterrent to Iran
The United States Air Force has sent a sixth sortie of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over the Middle East.
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The US Air Force dispatched another pair of long-range, nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over the Middle East on Tuesday as the presidential administration of Joe Biden looks to approach negotiations with Iran.
The sortie, which departed from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, is the sixth such round-trip flight since November and the first so far under the Biden administration.