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Monday, March 2, 2026
B-1 heavy bombers flew from US to carry out strikes in Iran
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The US used B-1 heavy bombers in overnight strikes in Iran, according to an American official and analysts monitoring open-source flight tracking data.
The information is first published by the founder of the Military Air Tracking Alliance, a team of about 30 open-source analysts that analyzes military and government flight activity.
According to the analyst, three B-1 bombers flew nonstop from the US to Iran to conduct the strikes.
A US official confirms to the Axios news site that the bombers struck “above-ground ballistic missile and command and control sites in Iran.”
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I can confirm that 3x B-1B "Lancer" bombers from Ellsworth AFB have conducted strikes against Iran regime targets overnight after a non-stop flight from the United States. This is the second bombing mission we… pic.twitter.com/kMZfroiiIu— DefenceGeek ???????? (@DefenceGeek) March 2, 2026
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