Inside Operation Midnight Hammer: B-2 commander reveals how US pulled off surprise strikes on Iran

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In the exponential interviews, Col. The Josh Wiital and the crew announced how 4,000 staff worked in secrecy to send seven secret bombers to a 30-hour mission to the Iranian airspace. They called Raid as a perfect performance and offered live accounts about the coercion, training and coordination required to attract it.

Oz We have a low observable culture – everyone works in secrecy to realize the mission, Wi Wiital said, Fox News Speaking to the public for the first time since June Strike. He continued: “It was the work of the whole team who benefited from years of exercises for years.”

Thousands of people supported the mission through maintenance, ammunition, operation and medical officials, while 14 of the “several dozen” pilot, who received training on B-2 Stealth bomber, went to the enemy region to leave 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Penettors (MOPS) to the nuclear sites of Iran.

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When deciding who’s going, Wiital said that he gave priority to experience on everything. “This team, after the red flag, the red flag, after great exercise had done great exercise,” he said. “I was watching that the crew was being prepared, I was just thinking how many repetitions they had, how long they were trained for this. And it was a very experienced team.”

The Colonel would not discuss how much the crew was noticed, such as measurable evidence that electronic war or other counter measures were used, or why commanders believed that the bombs hit the aimed targets. These details continue to be classified, separated from foreigners to rely on satellite images and independent assessments for verification.

Wiital said that the chosen team was “fired” to fulfill the task. “What I say to them is, ‘I think this will be remembered as one of the most important raids of our lives.’ They certainly understood the historical nature of the mission.

According to Wihaka, the pilots came home for a 30-hour mission “completely exhausted” to a large-scale bombing attack by plane. Each aircraft had two pilots, and especially between the complex air refuel supply, they rested 45 minutes to an hour at a time. Some energy beverage cases for warning.

The longest task of war for any aircraft was 44.3 hours, when the pilots hit Al Qaeda and Taliban after their attacks after September 11, 2001. Rest times consist of trying to be horizontal on the small metal floor patch behind the pilot seats.

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According to Wihaka, the air fuel supply, “the hardest bar we do and the rudder, a hand flying with a hand.” The process consists of alignment of a KC-135, KC-10 or KC-46 tanker under 10 feet, where a hose at the bottom of the plane and nozul B-2 is connected to a fuel opening. B-2 must fly parallel to the bottom of the KC tanker for 15-30 minutes to get a fuel load up to 167,000 pounds.

Wiital said that the “biggest moment” of his 22 -year career in the Air Force has returned safely. “When I knew that the crew was safe, when I knew that they were in a friendly airspace and that they were safe. This was the biggest thing for me. In terms of the success of the mission, it was 14 weapons on the target. Again, it was only a perfect performance.

B-2 is the only long-range hidden aircraft that can carry 30,000-pound shelter bombs. However, $ 2 billion plane ages: 20 of them operate up to 30 years. Rapidly developing air defenses-Drone herds were built for missiles and sensors from long-range surfaces to air for the air war.

“We are constantly improving how we use the plane.” He said. “It is still a very effective aircraft, but the next step B-21.”

The B-21 is expected to be more cost-effective per airplane, and the Air Force plans to buy 175-200 of them.

Mops is stored at the base with a 500 -pound and 2,000 -pound bomb. They are protected because they are ready to use as soon as possible. According to the chef Master SGT, weapons loaders are training for 21 days to be certified in the protection and loading of 30,000 -pound bombs locked on the trunk of the aircraft at two steel contact points. Frank Espinoza, 509.

Those who manage the weapons to install Ordnance for their flight missions every month. When it falls, the weapons penetrate deeply on the ground before the explosion. Iran’s underground shelters were the first war targets for weapons.

The fifteen -year test and multiple repetition led to a ready -made version of the MOP. According to Espinoza, the terminated version is now tested for “several years”.

The bombs were reduced to targets in two Iranian nuclear facilities: 12 mats were left to the Fordow Uranium enrichment facility, 300 feet rock and two Natanz nuclear facilities were buried. Israeli air strikes released Iran’s air defenses and created a mature opportunity for US bombing planes to enter the Iranian airspace with relatively lower risk.

A team of researchers who analyzed the data from the Nuclear Weapon Expert David Albright and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found that there was no way to produce weapons -graded uranium for the first time in any of the known centrifugal plants after the US strike.

“Military attacks, Iran’s three -enrichment in Iran’s three -established centrifuges – approximately 22,000 gas centrifugal – have been destroyed or unreasonable.” He said. However, researchers have stated that Iran’s nuclear weapon is uncertain, because the country may have other centrifugals that are not yet in use and are not destroyed in strikes.

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President Donald Trump immediately declared the Iran’s nuclear program immediately, but the skeptics and opponents of strikes carefully expressed that the task was successful before the last damage assessment ended.

While Iran stopped cooperation with nuclear authorities as a result of the strike, retaliation to US military personnel silenced. Tehran started a strike to a US air base in Qatar, but he informed both sides in advance. Nobody was injured in the speakers.