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CBS : A LOOK AT THE U.S. B-2 BOMBERS THAT TARGETED IRAN 10/17/2025 10:27 PM PDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Sh4umzMUU
KMBC TV: WHITEMAN AFB - The B-2 Spirit supports Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Bombers Over Baghdad 26/3/03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdH9M8yDzI

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00:01We're entering one of the most secure military bases in the United States.
00:07This is the flight line of Whiteman Air Force Base.
00:10B-2 bombers, each carrying a crew of two,
00:13flew 36 hours round trip to hit Iranian nuclear sites in Operation Midnight Hammer.
00:20The B-2 was over enemy territory for less than a half hour.
00:24This is one of the bombers that flew the mission, the spirit of California.
00:29The attack on Iran involved multiple 30,000-pound GBU-57s.
00:35This is the first time we're getting a close look at the massive ordnance penetrator.
00:40This is the GBU-57 that was designed for this mission, for this aircraft.
00:45The B-2 is the only one that can carry it.
00:47That's a big bomb.
00:48It is.
00:49Colonel Jared Kennish heads the National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing, which also flew in the mission.
00:55So those are the fins that guide the weapon to its target.
00:59So once it drops from the aircraft, those will pop out.
01:02Fourteen pilots flew the raid, but it took much more than that to be successful.
01:07There's 4,000 total force airmen across hundreds of specialties.
01:10So when you look at a complex global mission, all 4,000 of those people are working in unison, in secrecy, to make the mission happen.
01:17We're going to look at the mission.
01:18So many of them have a big, big, big way to the mission happen.
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