Jun 23, 2025

US official: One of the B-2 pilots in attack on Iran was a woman

Posted Jun 23, 2025 1:30 AM
FILE PHOTO -- The B-2 Spirit (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott H. Spitzer
FILE PHOTO -- The B-2 Spirit (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott H. Spitzer

WASHINGTON (AP) —According to U.S. officials one of the B-2 pilots involved in the attack on the nuclear facilities in Iran was a woman.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that “our boys in those bombers are on their way home right now.”

But a U.S. official tells The Associated Press that a woman was among those piloting the seven B-2 bombers that dropped the powerful bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Officials have said each bomber had two crew members aboard. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the mission publicly.