all of those places existed, and whiteman air force base is right in the middle of them. whiteman, it is the home of our b-2 bombers. on wednesday of last week, two of our b-2 bombers remember, we only have 20 in total, only 20 exist, but two of them last week, the spirit of pennsylvania and the spirit of georgia they re all named after states two b-2 bombers took off from whiteman air force base in missouri with full pay loads. 40,000 pounds of 500-pound bombs, and those two planes flew all the way across the world from missouri to libya. and when they got to libya, between them those two planes dropped about 100 500-pound bombs on two isis camps in the desert.
about the mission, quote, the rarely used b-2 stealth bomber carried out massive strikes against two isis camps in libya on wednesday in what was almost certainly the last combat mission specifically authorized by president barack obama. this is from military.com. published that on thursday, the last full day of the obama administration. but it turns out that b-2 stealth bomber run around the world and into libya, that might not have been the last combat mission ordered by president obama because those b-2s flew on wednesday. the next day on thursday, u.s. planes were flying a major series of strikes in syria. again, targeting isis. in this case targeting al qaeda. in this case they used a b-52 bomber and drones and the u.s. says it struck a long-standing militant training camp west of aleppo near the turkish border. so right up until the moment he left office on wednesday with those b-2 strikes, on thursday
again, targeting isis. in this case targeting al qaeda. in this case they used a b-52 bomber and drones and the u.s. says it struck a long-standing militant training camp west of aleppo near the turkish border. so right up until the moment he left office on wednesday with those b-2 strikes, on thursday in syria with the b-52, president obama up until the moment he left office he was ordering aggressive u.s. military strikes against al qaeda and isis targets in countries like libya and syria. and there are american pilots who are carrying out these strikes, but there are also ground forces, u.s. ground forces in all of these places. that s part of what makes these strikes possible. in iraq, in afghanistan, in libya, in syria. the weekend before last u.s. special operations troops in syria apparently did one of these super daring helicopter
40,000 pounds of 500-pound bombs, and those two planes flew all the way across the world from missouri to libya. and when they got to libya, between them those two planes dropped about 100 500-pound bombs on two isis camps in the desert. now, the city of sirte in libya was controlled by isis until recently. libyan ground forces retook the city last month. the u.s. military says isis fighters who escaped the ground offensive that retook the city, the isis fighters flew to the two camps in the desert. the u.s. african command put in a request to strike them, and president obama approved the mission. in a globe-circling feat, four americans took off from missouri, they flew 34 hours round trip. they had 15 separate inflight
in syria with the b-52, president obama up until the moment he left office he was ordering aggressive u.s. military strikes against al qaeda and isis targets in countries like libya and syria. and there are american pilots who are carrying out these strikes, but there are also ground forces, u.s. ground forces in all of these places. that s part of what makes these strikes possible. in iraq, in afghanistan, in libya, in syria. the weekend before last u.s. special operations troops in syria apparently did one of these super daring helicopter raise deep inside isis-held territory in syria. it was u.s. special operations in multiple choppers. they went in deep into isis controlled territory in syria. they were going after one specific isis commander. they spent 90 minutes on the ground. they apparently got their target and they got back out.