US B-52 Bombers Fly Over Middle East Amid Tensions With Iran

A US Air Force B-52 bomber. 

Photographer: Robert  Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The United States military said Monday it flew a pair of nuclear-capable B-52 long-distance bombers over the Middle East in a show of force, the latest such mission in the region as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran.