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The U.S. Air Force deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It is the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.
周六，美国空军在卡塔尔部署B-52轰炸机，在伊拉克和叙利亚加入打击伊斯兰国。这是自1991年海湾战争结束以来首次在中东地区部署B-52轰炸机。
U.S. Air Forces Central Command said it last flew the long-range bombers operationally in the region in May 2006.
美国空军中央司令部表示，上次在该地区飞行远程轰炸机是在2006年5月。
They were used then as part of the war in Afghanistan, and during a U.S.-led military exercise in Jordan in May 2015.
它们被用于阿富汗战争，以及2015年5月在约旦美国领导的军事演习。
Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Brown, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, "The B-52 demonstrates our continued resolve to apply persistent pressure on Daesh and defend the region in any future contingency."
美国空军中央司令部司令，空军中将查尔斯·布朗“B-52轰炸机表明了我们继续致力于向Daesh组织持续施压，在任何未来意外事件中保卫该区域。”
Daesh is the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State militant movement.
Daesh是伊斯兰国激进运动的阿拉伯语首字母缩写。
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