B-2 Spirit stealth bombers based at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri were part of the U.S. military operation that targeted three locations in Iran. The mission marked the latest use of the long-range aircraft in high-priority global operations.

Seven B-2 stealth bomber planes from the United States’ fleet of 19, all located at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, were involved in dropping “bunker bombs” on nuclear development sites in Iran Saturday night.

As U.S. B-2 stealth bombers launched from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on Saturday and later struck Iran's Fordow nuclear site in the largest B-2 operation in U.S. history, Newsweek spoke with Naveed Jamali, the only journalist to fly and film inside all three U.S. bombers, for insight into one of America's most secretive weapons.