U.S. Deploying Super Bombers to Europe Near Ukraine
The American bombers’ mission is the second in a few days to areas outside Russia’s strategic important submarine bases on the coast of the Barents Sea. On Sunday, the U.S. planes were met by a MiG-31. Flight patterns for the mission on Tuesday is not detailed, but the American bombers came over international air space from outside Norway in the west. The U.S. European Command has not commented on the flights over the Barents Sea. On Sunday, the two B-1B bombers flew south to Morón Air Base in Spain. U.S. Air Force in Europe said the deployment to Spain will fly sorties and “operate alongside numerous Allies and partners” to “assure security commitments across the United States Europan Command area of responsibility.” Earlier in February, a pair of B-1B bombers were deployed to Kallax Air Base near Luleå in northern Sweden simultaneously as the Norway-led NATO exercise Nordic Response 2024 to part above the Arctic Circle.