Strategist B-52H United States Air Force found again at the borders of the Kaliningrad region
American bomber Boeing B-52H Stratofortress with a tail number 60-0024 took off from Fairford air base in 11: 45. In 13: 20, he approached the borders of the Kaliningrad region and, without entering Russian airspace, worked off a conventional attack on the base of the Baltic Fleet from a height of eight thousand meters.
This is not the first appearance in the past week of American strategic bombers at the western borders of Russia. The first time B-52H appeared in the region of the Kaliningrad region 14 in March, when having made a trans-Atlantic flight to the coast of Europe and passing near Scotland, headed for German airspace to the Baltic. Above the Baltic Sea, a bomber traveled along the Polish coast towards the sea border of the Kaliningrad region, approaching it at 100 km.
On Friday 15 in March, the B-52H US Air Force carried out maneuvers near the Russian border in the Baltic region. He flew along the Polish border and approached the Kaliningrad region. The flight was carried out at an altitude of about 8 thousand meters.
March 18 The B-52H Stratofortress flew for over one and a half hours at the borders of Russia in the Kaliningrad and Leningrad regions. Taking off from the British Fairford base, he headed for the Kaliningrad region, then proceeded to Estonian airspace and cruised more than an hour and a half near the Leningrad region. Stratofortress approached the sea and land borders of the region by a distance of 35 and 95 kilometers, respectively.
The Boeing B-52H Stratofortress is a strategic bomber in service with the US Air Force since 1955. The aircraft is able to carry different types weaponsincluding nuclear.
- US Air Force
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