On March 22, 2026, under the direct command of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Air Force and Navy carried out one of the most complex and secretive air strikes in modern history.

Seven B-2 Spirit bombers (from Bomb Squadron 509) took off from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.
They flew for over 18 hours each way (a total round-trip journey of approximately 30–37 hours) with minimal communication, refueling three times in mid-air.

Six aircraft dropped 12 GBU-57 Mᴀssive Ordnance Penetrator bombs (13.6-ton bunker-busters) on the Fordow facility.

The seventh aircraft dropped two bombs on Natanz.

Simultaneously, U.S. submarines launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles targeting the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center.

In total, more than 125 aircraft (including B-2s, fighter jets, refueling aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft) participated in the operation. Iran did not detect the stealth aircraft until the bombs had already fallen.

President Trump declared shortly afterward:

“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, confirmed: “This was the largest B-2 attack in U.S. history, and the first time the GBU-57 bunker-buster bomb has been used in combat.”

Result:

Three of Iran’s most important nuclear facilities (Fordow, Natanz, Isfahan) were severely damaged or completely neutralized.

The U.S. ᴀsserted that it had set back Iran’s nuclear program for years, even “indefinitely” if Iran did not gain access to new nuclear materials.