Multiple outlets reported the flights based upon publicly available flight tracing data and air traffic control records. A handful of flight trackers on social media have indicated that their likely destination is a U.S. Air Force base in Guam.
The Department of Defense declined to comment to the Washington Examiner when asked to clarify the destination of the planes or provide additional information.
The bombers were reportedly refueled following their initial launch in Missouri, suggesting that they could be loaded with a heavy payload. The B-2 aircraft has a capacity of two 15-ton bunker-buster bombs — weapons experts say could be critical in targeting Iran’s main nuclear site Fordow.
Shifting military assets is not unusual under these circumstances, as such maneuvers give options to presidents and military commanders even if they are not deployed.
Trump has been negotiating with the Iranians for months in an attempt to curtail the nation’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, a line in the sand that Trump has made a pillar of his foreign policy agenda.
Pressure in the situation escalated when Israel on June 12 began continued strikes on Iran, killing multiple Iranian military leaders and drawing retaliatory strikes from Iran.
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The president said on Friday that he will decide “within two weeks” whether to join Israel in their military efforts against Iran.
Trump is scheduled to return to the White House Saturday afternoon, where he is expected to receive intelligence briefings with the National Security Council.
