Trump’s Iran ultimatum started a 60-day clock ticking for decisive June strikes, bomber commander reveals

Become a President Donald Trump According to the general commanding the June strike mission, U.S. bombers drew a red line on Iran’s nuclear program and immediately began preparing to execute it.

And, General Jason Armagost told Fox News Digital that the action proved decisive: “We re-established deterrence, and all our opponents looked at it.”

In the spring, Trump wrote a letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asking for “progress” in nuclear negotiations and providing a 60-day deadline.

When he learned that Trump gave the last pass for two months Eighth Air Force All bomber units immediately began to develop a plan that would provide the president with a strike option.

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White House envoy Steve Witkoff met with Iranian representatives in Oman, but negotiations reportedly stalled for Iran’s so-called civilian nuclear enrichment capabilities.

“Two months ago, I gave it to me. Iran’s 60-day final atum “Agreement.” They should do it! Today is the 61st day. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now, they have a second chance! ” Trump wrote after the strike.

“When I heard [60-day warning]I immediately said in my mind, well, we’ve had 60 days… We know we’re going to be a military choice when it’s due. ” Armagost said.

The mission plan is “wider” than the strike round that the B2 bomber crew eventually performed.

“We are preparing to make many choices that may support a sport, right?

Fortunately, the Iranian nuclear site is located in remote areas, so planners don’t have to consider civilian casualties. However, they still have to plan every detail until they will become in the facility when the impact is.

Then, 14 B-2 pilots flew seven stealth bombers to prepare for a 30-hour journey from Whiteman, Missouri to Iran and back. They dropped 14 large-scale ordnance penetrators (MOPs) deep in Iran’s nuclear site.

“Global action is difficult,” Armagost said. “You go through different weather and you go through abnormal sunlight cycles because you’re flying east and then heading west… It’s called for rationally.”

Aerial refueling tankers make marathon missions possible. Armagost said clouds, weather changes, and even the failure of a single refueling jet could endanger the strike. But meticulous planning and backup tracks kept the B-2 airborne.

“This really makes us arguably a superpower,” he said. “Russian and Chinese bombers are regional, not global.”

The general said that the public should not measure success by the accuracy of the strike, but by the deterrent effect it produces.

The entire collapse of midnight surgery is “the biggest B-2 operational strike in U.S. history”

“About 30 hours after the attack, there was a ceasefire,” Amagost said. “It’s obvious that the Iranians saw this and saw a huge change in the way forward. All of our opponents are looking at this, so they will make different choices.”

“Americans should expect greater damage and blows than ever before,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned after the strike. The regime attacked the U.S. air base in Al-udeid, Qatar, but the damage was minimal and no one was injured.

Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire a few days after June 24.

Armagost also acknowledged the pressure on U.S. bombers. At the height of the Cold War, the United States had about 770 long-range bombers on the 36 wings. Today, that number has been reduced to about 140 bombers.

Now, the Air Force looks at the B-21, which is the next generation of stealth bombers and successor to the B-2. The aircraft is expected to be easier to update using new technology, and it is priced less than half: about $800 million instead of $2 billion.

The Air Force plans to obtain approximately 100 b-21 of about 100 b-21, although discussions are underway if the service department may need more.

“It’s a national level discussion,” Armagost said. “We have to decide as a country or our partners and allies that we need to project force around the world in the face of multiple or multiple opponents, and in some cases, coordinate and act to undermine us.”

Armagost compared Midnight Hammer’s operation to another historical mission on the 509th Bomber Wing, which dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago, killing 200,000 times and ending the World War.

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“There’s about six weeks apart,” Margost said. “Both are strategic attacks that change history.”

“No one wants to see Iran with nuclear weapons. It’s about deterrence against a regime that everyone knows will destabilize.”