{"id":38431,"date":"2019-06-28T19:40:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/28\/raptors-sent-to-gulf-amid-iran-tensions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:13:12","slug":"raptors-sent-to-gulf-amid-iran-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/06\/28\/raptors-sent-to-gulf-amid-iran-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors sent to Gulf amid Iran tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly a dozen Air Force F-22 stealth fighters have deployed to the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/02\/us-aircraft-carrier-b-52-dispatched-to-mideast-over-iran-conduct-exercise\/\" target=_blank>part of a force buildup<\/a> requested by U.S. Central Command in May in response to what it called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/13\/b-52-bombers-f-15-fighters-fly-first-deterrence-sorties-pointed-at-iran\/\" target=_blank>heightened Iranian threats<\/a> against American forces in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/06\/22\/iraq-boosts-security-measures-at-balad-air-base-home-to-air-force-trainers-and-contractors\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Air Forces Central Command<\/a> on Friday said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/11\/06\/f-22-stealth-jets-got-587-aircraft-to-back-off-in-their-combat-surge-over-syria\/\" target=_blank>F-22 Raptors arrived at al-Udeid Air Base<\/a> to \u201cdefend American forces and interests.\u201d It posted to its website photos of several F-22s arriving there Thursday and said this is the first time F-22s have deployed to al-Udeid, which is a hub for U.S. air operations in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F-22s, which carry air-to-air missiles and can perform ground-attack missions as well, had previously deployed to al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, where they were used last year in support of U.S. and partner forces in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/05\/07\/b-52-bombers-are-off-to-rebuff-iran-after-threats-made-against-us-troops-but-dod-wont-say-what-those-were\/\" target=_blank>B-52 strategic bombers were deployed to al-Udeid<\/a> days after a May 5 White House announcement that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/03\/us-aircraft-carrier-deployed-over-iran-remains-outside-gulf\/\" target=_blank>Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group<\/a> also was being rushed to the region in response to \u201ctroubling and escalatory indications and warnings\u201d and as a \u201cmessage to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the request of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/06\/us-centcom-commander-says-mideast-buildup-prompted-iran-step-back\/\" target=_blank>Gen. 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