U.S. used B-2 bomber flights as decoy ahead of Iran bombing

OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN - MARCH 27: A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber proceeds to an undisclosed location after completing a mission over Iraq March 27, 2003. The Pentagon has announced its intention to almost double the military ground strength in the Gulf to about 200,000 troops over the next month. (Photo by Cherie A. Thurlby/U.S. Air Force/Getty Images) — A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber proceeds to an undisclosed location after completing a mission over Iraq March 27, 2003. (Photo by Cherie A. Thurlby/U.S. Air Force/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Sophia Flores
6:18 AM – Sunday, June 22, 2025

During a press briefing on Sunday morning from the Pentagon, U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth disclosed that the United States utilized decoy tactics as a key component of the successful ‘Operation Midnight Hammer.’

‘Our B-2s went in and out and back without the world knowing at all,’ Hegseth said.

“A large B-2 strike package comprised of bombers launched from the continental United States as part of a plan to maintain tactical surprise part of the package proceeded to the west and into the Pacific as a decoy, a deception effort known only to an extremely small number of climbers and key leaders here in Washington,” Hegseth stated.

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