A composite image that includes screenshots of the B-52, P-3C, and Sentinel R1 intercepted by the Russian Su-27s on Jun. 15, 2020. (Image credit: Russian MOD). According to HQ Allied Air Command, Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets are suspected to has violated Danish airspace. August 28, a B52 bomber of the United States …
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The Pentagon has released troubling vide of a so-called ‘unsafe intercept’ between one of its aircraft and Russian fighters. The incident occurred on August 28th, 2020, when the U.S. Air Force sent six B-52s, four of which are forward deployed to RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom, to traverse every …
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A medical staff member from Overton Brooks V.A. Medical Center stands outside to watch two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base perform a flyover in honor of the medical community in Shreveport, La., April 24, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lillian Miller) A B-52 Stratofortress …
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A Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies off the wing of a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Duncan C. Bevan) There is an old joke that runs through the bomber fleet that when the B-1 and B-2 bombers are retired, …
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on Sept. 5, 2019, U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, flies a +30 Hour Nonstop Mission To Perform A Show Of Force During Ex Eager Lion 19 in Jordan. Several interesting details about this year’s show of force mission could …
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Russian fighters were scrambled twice to intercept American B-52H bombers, active on the eastern and southern borders. The close encounters between Russian and US planes occurred both above the Baltic and Black seas. In one of the encounters, one of the bombers was flying directly toward the Crimean Peninsula, which …
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In early 1990 in the Persian Gulf, while U.S. carriers and B-52s were holding joint exercises. Two B-52s called the Aircraft carrier (USS Ranger) and asked if they could do a fly-by, and the carrier air controller said yes. When the B-52s reported they were 9 kilometres out, the carrier …
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