US forces have begun conducting their first overland B-52 bomber missions over Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. “Given the increase in air superiority, we’ve successfully started to conduct the first overland B-52 missions, which allow us, as we’ve before, to continue to get on top of the enemy,” Gen. Dan Caine said at a news conference alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The US has struck more than 11,000 targets over the past 30 days, Caine said. “Our joint force continues to focus on our military objectives as we systematically continue to degrade and destroy Iran’s ability to project power and threaten civility beyond its borders,” he […]
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