The U.S. Air Force’s fleet of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers is a “high-value, low-density” asset, with only 19 aircraft remaining in service. -The original Cold War plan for 132 bombers was slashed due to the B-2’s staggering $2 billion-plus per-plane cost and its extreme maintenance burden,

Water bombers and surveillance aircraft have been deployed to fight a large and active scrub fire burning at Fordsdale, south of Toowoomba.

Two B-1 bombers flew over the Caribbean in latest show of force as U.S. military operations in the region continue to grow.

The U.S. military has built up an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its so-called war against narcoterrorism.

Campers on Moreton Island, off the coast of south-east Queensland, have been evacuated and nearby residents told to prepare to leave as a large, out-of-control bushfire burns in the island's north.

Firefighting aircraft were deployed to battle a large bushfire burning south of Toowoomba, Queensland, on Monday.The blaze was sparked on Sunday, according to the Queensland Fire Department. It reached at least 78 hectares (192 acres) on Monday,