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米帝空军正式宣布向中东部署B-52去轰炸ISIS

米帝空军今天正式宣布部署B-52战略轰炸机去中东打击ISIS，具体部署的B-52飞机数目保密。米军之前已经撤回B-1B轰炸机，这样B-52将代替B-1B轰炸机的角色。这是B-52在海湾战争25年后首次被投入实战。B-52将驻扎在卡塔尔的美军基地。

美国共和党呼声很高的总统候选人科鲁兹一直在批评奥巴马政府对ISIS太手软，要求对ISIS实施地毯式轰炸，要一直炸到ISIS那里“沙漠的沙子都融化”才算罢休。

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US Air Force deploys B-52 bombers in Middle East to combat Islamic State

Middle East to combat Islamic State

By Lucas Tomlinson Published April 09, 2016

The U.S. Air Force has deployed B-52 long-range bombers to the Middle East for the first time since the Gulf war ended over 25 years ago to begin striking the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, officials said Saturday.

The U.S. Air Force Central Command said in a statement that an unknown number of B-52s will be based at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The U.S.-led coalition’s Combined Air and Space Operations Center (CAOC) responsible for running the air war against ISIS is also based there.

The U.S. Air Force pulled its B-1 bombers in February and sent them back to the U.S. for maintenance. At the time, senior U.S. military leaders said there would be no capability gap.

But the number of bombs dropped on ISIS fell to an eight-month low in February, according to statistics published by the U.S. Air Force.

Despite flying only 7 percent of strike missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, B-1s dropped nearly 40 percent of all the bombs.  In addition to carrying many more bombs than USAF fighter jets, the B-1 could loiter over the battlefield for up to 10 hours at a time. It can fly at supersonic speeds meaning it can be anywhere over Iraq and Syria in minutes.

For months, senior Air Force leaders have wanted the aging B-52 to take the place of the B-1s.
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米帝空军正式宣布向中东部署B-52去轰炸ISIS

米帝空军今天正式宣布部署B-52战略轰炸机去中东打击ISIS，具体部署的B-52飞机数目保密。米军之前已经撤回B-1B轰炸机，这样B-52将代替B-1B轰炸机的角色。这是B-52在海湾战争25年后首次被投入实战。B-52将驻扎在卡塔尔的美军基地。

美国共和党呼声很高的总统候选人科鲁兹一直在批评奥巴马政府对ISIS太手软，要求对ISIS实施地毯式轰炸，要一直炸到ISIS那里“沙漠的沙子都融化”才算罢休。

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US Air Force deploys B-52 bombers in Middle East to combat Islamic State

Middle East to combat Islamic State

By Lucas Tomlinson Published April 09, 2016

The U.S. Air Force has deployed B-52 long-range bombers to the Middle East for the first time since the Gulf war ended over 25 years ago to begin striking the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, officials said Saturday.

The U.S. Air Force Central Command said in a statement that an unknown number of B-52s will be based at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The U.S.-led coalition’s Combined Air and Space Operations Center (CAOC) responsible for running the air war against ISIS is also based there.

The U.S. Air Force pulled its B-1 bombers in February and sent them back to the U.S. for maintenance. At the time, senior U.S. military leaders said there would be no capability gap.

But the number of bombs dropped on ISIS fell to an eight-month low in February, according to statistics published by the U.S. Air Force.

Despite flying only 7 percent of strike missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, B-1s dropped nearly 40 percent of all the bombs.  In addition to carrying many more bombs than USAF fighter jets, the B-1 could loiter over the battlefield for up to 10 hours at a time. It can fly at supersonic speeds meaning it can be anywhere over Iraq and Syria in minutes.

For months, senior Air Force leaders have wanted the aging B-52 to take the place of the B-1s.
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