{"id":1485647,"date":"2024-08-23T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1485647"},"modified":"2024-08-23T23:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T03:55:00","slug":"b-2-stealth-bomber-hot-pits-at-indian-ocean-air-base-positioned-within-striking-range-of-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/b-2-stealth-bomber-hot-pits-at-indian-ocean-air-base-positioned-within-striking-range-of-iran\/1485647\/","title":{"rendered":"B-2 Stealth Bomber “Hot Pits” At Indian Ocean Air Base, Positioned Within Striking Range Of Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

B-2 Stealth Bomber “Hot Pits” At Indian Ocean Air Base, Positioned Within Striking Range Of Iran<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Middle East has been on edge all week as the world awaits a\u00a0retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel that could spark a regional conflict. As of Friday,\u00a0Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah rebels\u00a0have been exchanging fire, and an oil tanker earlier this week\u00a0in the southern Red Sea was hit by a missile attack, likely from Iran-backed Houthi forces.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

With all eyes on the Middle East, our attention shifts to a\u00a0“hot pit event” on Wednesday with a\u00a0Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and US Air Force Airmen assigned to the 110th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at the\u00a0Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, according to the USAF<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit is hot pit refueled during a Bomber Task Force mission at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n

Hot pitting is an act of having an aircraft land, refuel and take off without shutting its engines down.https:\/\/t.co\/zq7ELjlXet<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xi5YWmdOpd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ryan Chan \u9673\u5bb6\u7ff9 (@ryankakiuchan) August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

The US military uses Diego Garcia as a strategic point for launching operations in the Indo-Pacific. The\u00a0hot pit event allowed the B-2 to land and refuel\u00a0without shutting its engines down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“If we lose a tanker or don’t get a tanker for aerial refueling, a hot pit enables us to move our jet from location to location, refuel and complete the mission,” said the 110th EBS deputy commander and B-2 pilot.<\/em><\/p>\n

USAF noted, “Conducting hot pit events in various locations around the globe enables aircrew and support Airmen to maintain a high state of readiness and proficiency.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Diego Garcia is located about 1,000 miles off the\u00a0southern tip of India and is more than 3,000 miles from Iran. B2s have a range of about 6,000 nautical miles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A \u00a0United States Institute of Peace<\/a> map shows Iran’s\u00a0ballistic missiles range from\u00a0200 km to 3,000 km (123 miles to 1,864 miles). This puts\u00a0Diego Garcia out of Iran’s threat range.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A\u00a0nervous calm has been\u00a0cast over energy markets as\u00a0Brent crude hovers below $80\/bbl in late afternoon trading on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 08\/23\/2024 – 19:55<\/span><\/p>\n

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B-2 Stealth Bomber “Hot Pits” At Indian Ocean Air Base, Positioned Within Striking Range Of Iran The Middle East has been on edge all week…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1485648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1485647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1485647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1485648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1485647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1485647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1485647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}