The US is moving nuclear bombers to Europe

Two US strategic bomber B-52H Stratofortress with the callsigns DRYER91 and DRYER92, departing from the Barksdale airbase in Louisiana, as reported by BiRadar, 16 March landed at the Ferford airbase in the UK.

Two more before that, three more such bombers, which had the callsigns STRAY81, STRAY82, STRAY83, were transferred to the UK from the United States. The B-52 transferred to Great Britain on the same days, had the callsign CLIP91. This means that the United States has transferred six nuclear bombers to the British base Fairford.

One of the B-52H Stratofortress bombers on the eve was spotted near the Russian border over the Baltic Sea near the Kaliningrad region. As follows from the data of specialized resources, an imitation of the bombing of the Russian fleet was carried out by plane.

The report of the Ministry of Defense of Russia states that B-52 flew over the neutral waters of the Baltic. It did not approach the Russian border in less than 150 kilometers. Being taken to escort by the Russian air defense, the plane immediately turned around.

The B-52 was made starting from the 1952 and ending with the 1962 year. It was created as a strategic bomber, which could deliver two high-power thermonuclear bombs to any part of the USSR. Currently, the aircraft is the main long-range bomber aircraft of the US Air Force.