The U.S. Air Force deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It is the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.
周六,美國空軍在卡塔爾部署B-52轟炸機,在伊拉克和敘利亞加入打擊伊斯蘭國。這是自1991年海灣戰爭結束以來首次在中東地區部署B-52轟炸機。
U.S. Air Forces Central Command said it last flew the long-range bombers operationally in the region in May 2006.
美國空軍中央司令部表示,上次在該地區飛行遠程轟炸機是在2006年5月。
They were used then as part of the war in Afghanistan, and during a U.S.-led military exercise in Jordan in May 2015.
它們被用于阿富汗戰爭,以及2015年5月在約旦美國領導的軍事演習。
Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Brown, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, "The B-52 demonstrates our continued resolve to apply persistent pressure on Daesh and defend the region in any future contingency."
美國空軍中央司令部司令,空軍中將查爾斯·布朗“B-52轟炸機表明了我們繼續致力于向Daesh組織持續施壓,在任何未來意外事件中保衛該區域。”
Daesh is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State militant movement.
Daesh是伊斯蘭國激進運動的阿拉伯語首字母縮寫。
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