Multiple stealthy bombers B-2 went to Guam on Saturday, two sources familiar with their movements told ABC News.
At this point, bombers do not have orders beyond that, according to the sources.
In this archive photo of July 4, 2020, a Spirit Stealth Bomber from the US Air Force B-2.
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The movements occur when tensions between Iran and the West have intensified on their nuclear program and the Trump administration supports their options.
Trump has had numerous meetings with national security advisors this week and said in a statement that he would decide within “in two weeks.”
The president is scheduled to have another meeting of the Situation Chamber on Saturday night.
A stealthy bomber B-2 flies on the monument to Washington in the National Mall, during the celebrations of Independence Day in Washington DC, on July 4, 2020.
José Luis Magana/AFP through Getty Images, Archive
The bombers could remain at the base of the Andersen Air Force in Guam for some time, but the question is for how long. Moving these airplanes does not mean that a final decision has been made.
In addition to the bombers, eight fuel replenishment oil tankers took off just before Friday in Oklahoma, they flew over Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico before turning around and landing on the same base as they took off, ABC News learned.
During the past week, speculation has grown on whether the Trump administration would use the massive of 30,000 pounds massive ammunition to aim at the enrichment of deep underground uranium enrichment of Iran in the skirt.
The B-2 is the only US Air Force bomber. UU. Capable of transporting the mop in bombing missions, with each bomber can transport two pumps.
The attention was directed to the base of the Whiteman Air Force in Missouri, which is the home of the 19 of the B-2 bombers fleet, and if they could be launched for an non-scales flight to Iran that would require multiple refueling of fuels in the air.
Aviators look at a GBU-57, or the massive artillery penetrator pump, at the Whiteman air base in Missouri on May 2, 2023.
US Air Force through AP, file
The attention also focused on the small British island of Diego García in the Indian Ocean that would provide B-2 bombers with a much shorter flight time to Iran.
In April, six B-2 bombers were deployed on the island as part of the sustained air campaign that the Trump administration had launched against Huti militants in Yemen due to its continuous attacks against commercial shipping in the Red Sea region.
The bombers carried out air attacks against huti targets in Yemen, but their deployment was also a strategic message to Iran at a time of high tensions between the United States and Iran.