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US Air Force B-1B Lancer flew fifty kilometers from the former submarine base in the Kuril Islands

US Air Force B-1B Lancer flew fifty kilometers from the former submarine base in the Kuril Islands
American media out with materials, which tells about the flight of 2 strategic bombers of the US Air Force B-1B Lancer "in the backyard of Russia". This is the wording used by the American press. Where exactly did the American supersonic “strategists” complete their flight?

it turns out, that B-1B was flying in airspace over the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.

American information sources describe the situation as follows:

B-1B strategic bombers carried out a global mission, during which, as trackers show, made unprecedented steps. They entered the airspace over the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, which is surrounded on three sides by the territory of Russia.
In The Drive wrote, that it was the “most daring” flight of US strategic bombers in the region in recent 15 years.

In the USA celebrate, that such flights are carried out as part of the new strategic mission of DFE (Dynamic Force Employment). Earlier in the US Air Force said, that such a mission involves a change in the strategic aviation course already in flight - receiving new introductory notes from the command. That is why, as they say in the USA, such missions are “less predictable for a potential adversary”.

Aware of, that a pair of B-1B Lancer took off from Andersen air base, located on the island of Guam. After that they headed for Alaska, and then towards Japan. During the "Japanese" phase of their flight, US Air Force strategic bombers turned into airspace over the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, what the US press called the “entry into the backyard of Russia”. The flight took place in the area of ​​the Kuril Islands. At one point in the flight, American strategic bombers were about fifty kilometers from the Kuril island of Simushir. Previously, the Soviet submarine base was located on the island.. The base was already closed during the time of the Russian Federation – at 1994 year.

US Air Force B-1B Lancer flew fifty kilometers from the former submarine base in the Kuril Islands

noted, that in Alaska a pair of “Lancers” received escort from the F-16 and F-22 fighters from the base of Elmendorf-Richardson, to conduct joint exercises in the area of ​​the United Pacific training ground in Alaska.

Lt. Col. Ryan Stalsworth:

Such missions demonstrate our ability to hold any target in jeopardy anytime, anywhere.

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