(BI) – US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress heavy long-range bombers are flying into Europe this week, US Air Forces Europe – Africa announced Thursday, at a time Russia is making threats against the US as a Cold War-era missiles ban collapses. A Bomber Task Force consisting of bombers from the 2nd Bomb Wing out of Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana are deploying to the US European Command area of operations. While USAFE, citing operational security concerns,
would not provide the number of bombers heading into this theater, Military.com reports that up to six B-52 bombers will arrive in the United Kingdom before the weekend. An unnamed source told the outlet that this marks the largest deployment of a bomber platform to Europe since 2003 when EUCOM had 20 bombers at Royal Air Force Fairford station during Operation Iraqi Freedom. READ MORE
