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B2 Bombers being deployed

Pheet | 28.02.2003 13:26

B2 Stealth Bombers being deployed to Fairford, Glocs. UK

From the BBC website

The US has announced it is deploying a sixth aircraft carrier, the Nimitz, to the Gulf, where more than 200,000 troops are now posted.

In addition the Pentagon has ordered the redeployment of its B-2 stealth bombers - they are expected to be sent to the Fairford base in Britain and the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, where climate controlled shelters to house the planes have been built.

It will be the first time the top secret radar-blind bomber will be stationed outside US territory.

let's make sure they get a warm welcome - Action March 22nd at Fairford

More info at www.gwi.org.uk.

Pheet

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US to Deploy B-2 Bombers

28.02.2003 15:37

US to Deploy B-2 Bombers in Iraq Buildup -Official
Thu February 27, 2003 04:14 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department, preparing for a possible war with
Iraq, has ordered the deployment of radar-evading batwing B-2 stealth bombers, a
military official said on Thursday.
Lt. Matt Hasson, a spokesman at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, told
Reuters that a deployment order had been received but would not say how many of
the 21 B-2 stealth bombers located at the base would deploy or where and when
they might go.

The U.S. Air Force has built shelters for its most advanced bomber on the island
of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and in Britain. The Pentagon already has
deployed B-1 bombers and radar-evading F-117 stealth fighters to the Gulf region
along with hundreds of other Air Force and Navy planes in a massive military
buildup near Iraq.

 http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2301259

(reuters)

Diego Garcia stolen from it's native populati

28.02.2003 15:49

We should all never forget that Diego Garcia was stolen from the native population years ago by the British government. It was then later handed over to the US.

Diego Garcia was a theft and now is the source of further crimes.

Terry

Reply to Terry

28.09.2003 13:52

Diego never had a native population. They were slaves brought here by plantation owners. The Brits own the island, and decided to let the slaves stay on any of the other islands if they wanted to. There would be no way to support human life here without the Naval/Air Force presence. So shut it.

Not Terry (it's too ambiguous)