Two B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived at Mihail Kogelnicianu Air Base in Romania to participate in the Bomber Task Force Europe operation.
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Two B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived at Mihail Kogelnicianu Air Base in Romania to participate in the Bomber Task Force Europe operation.
On the way, the American Stratofortress planes flew above the Barents Sea to point-blank cruise missile range of the main air base used by Russia for its own bomber strikes against Ukraine.
In a historic first for NATO air operations and a probable air challenge to the Kremlin, a pair of US Air Force B-52 heavy bombers landed on Sunday at the Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base in eastern Romania.
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