Media reports say six B-52 bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City have been deployed to the Indian Ocean as tensions rise in the Middle East following the U-S airstrike that killed an Iranian leader. The reports say the bombers went to Diego Garcia, a British ruled island in the Indian Ocean.
KSLA-TV reports the heavy aircraft were dispatched to the Indian Ocean theatre for possible operations against Iran.
Just last year another half dozen bombers stationed at Diego Garcia when tensions between Iran and Qatar were simmering. The United States operates out of Diego Garcia since it is out of range of Iranian ballistic missiles.