For the first time since 2004, the US Air Force withdrew 5 strategic bombers from Guam without rotation

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US sources report that the US Air Force strategic bombers are being withdrawn from a military base on the island of Guam. According to recent reports, five Stratofortress B-52H left the military base the other day.

This could be considered a standard procedure if, as had been the case since 2004, other strategic bombers landed at the airbase as part of the “rotation”. But, for the first time in 16 years, no rotation has been reported. The places that were located at the US Air Force base in Guam remained empty.

This fact was called in the American media "the probable refusal of the command from the mission of a permanent military presence of strategic bombers." And in itself such information aroused suspicion among American experts.

According to the latest information, on April 16, five US strategic bombers returned to a permanent base located in North Dakota. This is Minot Air Base.

US strategic command spokesman Kate Atanasoff commented on the situation somewhat evasively. According to him, "the permanent place of deployment is the territory of the United States." Recall that Guam is not such a de jure territory.

Atanasoff:

When necessary, we move on to using the overseas territories. In Guam, bombers will continue to operate according to our choice and program.

What are the parameters of this program, the press officer did not report.

Bases on the island of Guam US Air Force are usually used to "patrol" over the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, with approaches to the air borders of North Korea and China.
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    1. +2
      April 18 2020 08: 45
      Well, for such an article, VO thousands do not mind the site .. !!!!
      1. -1
        April 18 2020 09: 45
        Now it is certain that "something has died in the forest"! Or is Trump saving money?
        1. +2
          April 18 2020 10: 05
          Quote: Starover_Z
          Now it is certain that "something has died in the forest"! Or is Trump saving money?

          Saves along the way .. There in the USA, the debt already goes over 30 trillion ..
          But it’s too early to rejoice .. Something else the impudent Saxons conceived with the Jews .. hi
    2. +4
      April 18 2020 08: 47
      Well, as they deduced, they will introduce it ... and not 5, but maybe 10. Guam is too important an air base for pressure on neighboring countries, including very unfriendly ones
      1. +2
        April 18 2020 10: 10
        Quote: svp67
        Well, as they deduced, they will introduce it ... and not 5, but maybe 10. Guam is too important an air base for pressure on neighboring countries, including very unfriendly ones

        Well, a crush on the United States in recent years, something was blown away especially no one is afraid of it .. The same North Korea to take .. You spit on the USA live! Well, China is now very angry with the United States, so they rolled it and are now trying to make the main culprits of this pandemic .. hi Russia needs to take advantage of the moment in this game not for life, but for the death of world leaders ..
        1. 0
          April 18 2020 11: 55
          The crush is not very blown away, they just found new types of crush, economic. And they have achieved such influence in this area that the whole world, including us and the Chinese, is fulfilling their sanctions and only humming slightly. And the Chinese, according to the sanctions, do not give us loans, and we removed the excitement of our oil companies in Venezuela.
          1. +1
            April 18 2020 13: 38
            Quote: Peter is not the first
            The crush is not very blown away, they just found new types of crush, economic.

            And biological? wink
            Quote: Peter is not the first
            And they have achieved such influence in this area that the whole world, including us and the Chinese, is fulfilling their sanctions and only humming slightly.

            And the sanctions helped us in this serious situation (thanks to Obama)))

            Quote: Peter is not the first
            And the Chinese, according to the sanctions, do not give us loans, and we removed the excitement of our oil companies in Venezuela.

            And why do we need Chinese loans and the IMF, we have our own pillow - a little cushion is available ..
            Yes, the state bought shares of Venezuelan private companies and shares of Sberbank so that the bastards would not take assets to the west .. Is there a hybrid nationalization and is it bad?
    3. +1
      April 18 2020 08: 49
      Is the whole island quarantined because of an aircraft carrier?
      1. +3
        April 18 2020 09: 00
        Quote: knn54
        Is the whole island quarantined because of an aircraft carrier?

        What quarantine, if 5 potential virus carriers were sent from there to the states.
    4. +1
      April 18 2020 08: 49
      These are scheduled repairs, but there is nobody to drive the others to - all are in quarantine ... Probably request ... why would such steps be taken to demilitarize the region? And there’s just nothing to fly to replace? Yes, it’s not from the realm of dreams ..
    5. +2
      April 18 2020 08: 50
      Good news.
      First off? wink
    6. +1
      April 18 2020 09: 00
      The Americans lift the cords, not on a massive scale, but ... the cords In due time, all the intelligence of the USSR watched the NATO steel hulks. This was the main strategy. Increased activity at strategic airbases and a massive rise in the decking of barriers ----. At that time, guys were already waiting for Engels to go home. Such a war
    7. +1
      April 18 2020 09: 19
      They always wander the army, aviation and navy like a deck of cards, the doctrine of world domination and the superiority of the United States in the world, no one has yet canceled. So if it has gone here, it will arrive somewhere there.
    8. +3
      April 18 2020 09: 53
      for the first time in 16 years no rotation has occurred
      They are recovering from a pandemic and everything will fall into place.
    9. +3
      April 18 2020 10: 46
      This airbase is already completely "framed" by China, and even the DPRK. Than Y and "tamed" Trump. And Trump, as a businessman, realized that
      the super-expensive airbase has lost its relevance in the Asia-Pacific region.
      This airbase is becoming a weak and vulnerable link for the United States.
      1. 0
        April 18 2020 12: 31
        It's right. The base is vulnerable to a Chinese missile strike.
        It’s not very smart to keep strategists there.
    10. -1
      April 18 2020 10: 56
      Does trump get everyone home?
    11. +1
      April 18 2020 10: 57
      I hope we, the Chinese and other nuclear powers, have also tightened control over the carriers and returned everything that is possible to the bases.
      Now all that’s missing is a psycho with a hand on the button.
    12. 0
      April 18 2020 11: 31
      This has no connection with the economy; something died in the forest. wink
    13. 0
      April 18 2020 14: 03
      The Roosevelt crew is resting in Guam.
    14. -1
      April 18 2020 14: 53
      Five planes flew without rotation (rotation)? Class
    15. +2
      April 18 2020 16: 29
      Quote: svp67
      Well, as they deduced, they will introduce it ... and not 5, but maybe 10. Guam is too important an air base for pressure on neighboring countries, including very unfriendly ones

      And not only "52" are based there. but also B-1B and B-2A. The number changes regularly and the fact that a replacement was not sent (without rotation) does not mean anything ...

      Quote: Sentinel
      Well, a crush on the United States in recent years, something was blown away especially no one is afraid of it .. The same North Korea to take .. You spit on the USA live!

      Is it really so difficult to understand that neither the DPRK nor Iran will touch the United States before the election, because the war there will be such that it will not end in a week. And then we can see what Trump, with a great desire, will do with the same Eun. He is not touched, like the same bunch of d ... ma, so as not to stink. Be it political will, North Korea will be bombed into the Stone Age. And without introducing Americans there. And then, if necessary, they will introduce allies. But this is only after the election ...

      Quote: askort154
      This airbase is already completely "framed" by China, and even the DPRK. Than Y and "tamed" Trump. And Trump, as a businessman, realized that
      the super-expensive airbase has lost its relevance in the Asia-Pacific region.
      This airbase is becoming a weak and vulnerable link for the United States.

      The fact that China will be able to shell Guam does not mean that it will do so. By the way, China did not have NEVER launches over a range of more than 3000 km. Guam - 3500 km
      Eun is nothing more than a showman, North Korea is NOT ABLE to strike such a blow. Only theoretical. For all the time they had only one launch at a distance of 3500 km. All the rest are launches along a high-altitude trajectory, which theoretically show that North Korean missiles can theoretically fly over a range of more than 3000-4000 km. But there were NEVER launches to the maximum range. And only such launches are the criterion of truth, when one can say: "Yes, the rocket is capable of flying to a distance of XXX km."
    16. 0
      April 19 2020 14: 27
      The hegemon is still blown away ...

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