In recent developments, a ceasefire agreement has been brokered between Israel and Iran. According to senior White House officials speaking to the news agency, Israel agreed to the ceasefire on the condition that Iran halt attacks on their territory. President Trump engaged directly with Israel, while Vice President JD Vance and other top officials negotiated terms with Iranian counterparts. The White House attributes the agreement to the U-S bombing of nuclear bunkers in Iran, which relied on the expertise of airmen out of a Whiteman Air Force base, and President Trump called it a decisive move.

Professor Stephen Quackenbush is a retired Army Officer and the Director of Defense and Strategic Studies at the University of Missouri.

He explains to Ashley Byrd the elite skills of the B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base and the effects of the strike.