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Sep 05, 2020
US B-52s train with Ukrainian fighter jets near Crimea in an ‘in your face’ message to Russia
Following a recent spike in airborne confrontations between the U.S. and Russian militaries, three B-52 Stratofortress bombers joined Ukrainian fighter jets for training Friday, and were also spotted skirting the Crimean peninsula, in a move one observer called an "in-your-face statement" to Russia
Sep 05, 2020
Air Force B-52s participate in Bomber Task Force in Ukraine
A formation of three B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, depart RAF Fairford, England, to take part in a Bomber Task Force Europe mission over Ukraine on Sep. 4, 2020.