US & NATO Bombers Just Flew Over 30 Nations Including 5 That Border Russia

U.S. long-range strategic bombers were flying a Memorial Day mission over all 30 NATO countries in Europe and North America, officials said Monday https://t.co/IBmvCVJo3O

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Antiwar.com: Memorial Day: US Nuclear-Capable Bombers, NATO Warplanes Fly Over All 30 NATO Nations in One Day 

U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa announced that American B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers accompanied by military aircraft from twenty-one other NATO nations flew over all 30 NATO member states today. Those would include the five that border Russia – Norway, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – of course. 

The B-52s (designed to carry nuclear weapons during the Cold War), like their fellow nuclear-capable long-range bombers the B-1 and B-2, started deployment to Europe in 2018 under the aegis of the Pentagon’s Bomber Task Force and so far this year have maintained a ready presence in Europe, in one instance landing at a Norwegian air base within the Arctic Circle.

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WNU Editor: Russian media has noticed these exercises. They have been playing stories like this one for the past few weeks .... Russian Su-27 Scrambled to Escort US B-52H Bomber Over Baltic Sea (Sputnik).

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