Some 1,250 U.S. bombers, escorted by 670 fighters, deal Berlin its heaviest daylight blow, dropping 3,000 tons of bombs on transportation and industrial areas in the largest air attack of the war.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
