Incidents

Russian VCS "intercepted" over Barents Sea two aircraft B-52h Air Force (Photo)

According to the NATO press service, the planes landed at Mikhail Kogalnitsky's airfield in Romania. In fact, this is the first time that US strategic bombers operated in the region using Romanian aircraft. A pair of American strategic bombers B-52n from the 2nd bombing wing of Barxdale Aviabase, Louisiana, was intercepted by Russian fighters over the Barents Sea. According to NATO's statement of July 22, US planes were flying in the international airspace in accordance with international law.

It is reported that the bombers after performing the mission under the Bomber Task Force Europe operation landed at Mikhail Kogalnitsky's air base in Romania. At the same time, despite the interception, the B-52H did not deviate from their flight plan and continued the task. According to Army Recognition Operators, this deployment has become the first case when US strategic bombers operate in Romania.

"In today's global circumstances, we vital to be prepared for a number of persistent blows from great distances," the US Air Force commander James Hecker said on this occasion. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the means of controlling the airspace of the airspace of Russia found a group target approaching the border.

To identify the target, two fighter jets were raised from the next air defense forces, and after approaching the Russian pilots on the MiG-29 and MiG-31 were recognized as a pair of American strategic bombers B-52H. According to the Russian profile media, seeing the fighters of the PCS of the Russian Federation, the crews B-52n allegedly dramatically changed the course and moved away from the borders of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, the propagandists claim that the American aircraft tried to "smell" the border of the Russian Federation over the Barents Sea, these bombers have taken off from Farford's air base in the United Kingdom, which is an advanced base for the placement of American bombers in Europe. These planes were probably arrived in Britain at the end of May 2024.

According to Russian observers, the main task of American crews is to work out joint actions with allies on the task of rocket strikes from the northern direction at the European Theater of Military Action. Recall that on June 12, the B-52H StratoFortress Bomber StratoFortress, along with the accompaniment, came out at the turn of nuclear missiles aimed at Russian Kaliningrad. Maneuvers were probably related to NATO's largest military exercises in the Baltic Sea - Baltops 24.