Long-range heavy bombers of the US Air Force B-1B, redeployed 30 May airbase Dyce (Texas) in the UK, held flights along Russian borders on the Baltic Sea.
According to Western aviation resources, monitoryaschih situation, two flight “Lancers” It was recorded in the night from Friday to Saturday, and another bomber B-1B circled along the border on Saturday.
recall, that the bombers are on the British air base Fairford in Gloucestershire in England. This database is designed to accommodate the heavy US Air Force B-1B “rocket launcher”, planners-52, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, as well as high-altitude reconnaissance U-2.
Rockwell International B-1 "Lancer" (English. Rockwell International B-1 Lancer — Улан) - American supersonic strategic bomber with variable sweep wing. Designed in 1970-80-ies by Rockwell International. It consists in the US Air Force to 27 July 1985 of the year. It was created as a carrier of nuclear weapons to replace the B-52, however, conversion of airplanes B-1 began in the early 1990s to equip their conventional arms. The final version of the bomber (B-1B) It introduces the concept of a low-altitude air defense effort by flying on ultra-low-altitude terrain following. As of 2017 the year the US Air Force is 63 aircraft B-1B Lancer.
