US Air Force B-1B strategic bombers fly over Sweden for the first time

22 May 2020

For the first time in stories American supersonic strategic bombers B-1B Lancer flew over Sweden. The Swedish kingdom is not part of the North Atlantic military bloc, but Washington has been taking steps for years to ensure that both “neutral” Sweden and neighboring Finland become NATO.

The flight over Sweden was performed by two B-1B Lancer, assigned to the 28th US Air Force bomber wing. These aircraft are based in Ellsworth (South Dakota, USA).

When approaching the Swedish air borders to escort the “Lancers”, the Swedish Air Force Gripen fighters were lifted into the sky. After that, American strategic bombers proceeded to the area of the Widsel test site, where, as reported by the US Air Force command, "they completed the training together with the Swedish ground services."

Before the appearance of the B-1B Lancer over Sweden, the US Air Force bombers were accompanied (in different parts of the course) by the British Air Force Typhoon fighters, as well as the fifth-generation Norwegian Air Force F-35A fighters. Performing a flight in the area of the Norwegian air borders B-1B Lancer, they reduced the flight altitude by contacting the Norwegian air base Erland.

In the United States itself, strategic bomber flights over Europe are called "aviation a tour of support for the American allies. "

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Mavrikiy 22 May 2020 07: 08
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US Air Force B-1B strategic bombers fly over Sweden for the first time
Bombed on neutral on a computer? And what are the "lucky" seekers of Russian submarines?
1. Tatyana 22 May 2020 07: 34
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  The Americans are in a hurry! Washington is stubbornly moving towards its goal ..
  
  The "dollar masters" are impatient to start a war and reformat the world to their advantage.
  
  Finally, the USA will crush Sweden and Finland on the issue of their joining NATO - and the coronavirus will only be able to help Washington / Pentagon.
2. knn54 22 May 2020 08: 44
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  Barin arrived, or rather flew.
Thrifty 22 May 2020 07: 21
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Swedes and Britons will happily report on "a hundred intercepted Russian bombers" in their airspace? What is not a reason to throw poop in Russia. ...
Free wind 22 May 2020 07: 21
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The title is strange when, what, in what year, at least it happened. So these aircraft have already been discontinued for more than 20 years. And about the entrance to NATO, which Washington inclines them towards, probably the Swedes and Finns will learn from this article for the first time.
1. The leader of the Redskins 22 May 2020 07: 30
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  Well, our Tu-160 last year flew to Venezuela for the first time. So what? Just the news.
  1. Waterline915 22 May 2020 11: 12
    
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    The first time they flew back in 2008.
    1. The leader of the Redskins 22 May 2020 11: 58
      
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      May be. So, are we celebrating the date? Do we set the calendar as a red day? Ordinary news, which I didn't even remember. And the "Lancers" over Sweden will be forgotten in a month.
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I wish our Tu-22M3M fly over and around Cuba!
That would be a squeal ...
A sort of hefty jet fan, and the substance on it would fly from the states.
A lot of!
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  A sort of hefty jet fan, and the substance on it would fly from the states.
  A lot of!
  
  And it would be evenly distributed over the territory and brains of the United States.
  1. novel66 22 May 2020 09: 06
    
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    and ditty
    Sitting cute on the porch
    washes his face with boron
    because it flew
    hieroplan with restroom
    will get a new sound
Machete 22 May 2020 08: 03
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The Swedes were glad that foreign strategists flew over them?
And potentially with nuclear weapons on board?
1. forest1 22 May 2020 11: 24
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  What's the problem. Should they be afraid of them? And Venezuela, when the Tu-160 strategists flew there, too, had to strongly protest and in every possible way prevent them?
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And I immediately have a question. The same Swedes are very fond of resenting any of our military activities near their borders, but do not forget that Sweden is positioning itself as a neutral state, where is the summons of the Swedish Ambassador to us at the Foreign Ministry? Does our minister Lavrov really think that if not a note of protest, then at least his "concern" about the violation of the principle of neutrality should be expressed to this ambassador?
1. dzvero 22 May 2020 09: 14
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  And why immediately call the ambassador on the carpet and drive a face on the table? You can simply culturally invite them to conduct similar joint exercises with Russian strategists in June ... also two, but of each type ...
  1. Black Colonel 22 May 2020 10: 00
    
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    And by submarines to establish training (imitation) bottom mines along the fairway - exercises, so exercises!
2. Charik 22 May 2020 11: 35
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  And wasn’t GDP walking there at the wedding? Then there won’t be any concerns
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    And wasn’t the GDP walking there at the wedding?
    
    Actually, he was in Austria ... Sweden is somehow aloof
u123uuu 22 May 2020 08: 08
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They threaten Sweden and Finland.
iouris 22 May 2020 12: 54
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Sweden (and Finland) is an integrated member of NATO, a close ally of the United States and an adversary of Russia. Do the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian Ministry of Defense see this? Are official statements made?
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I wish our Tu-22M3M fly over and around Cuba!
That would be a squeal ...

Yeah. Is the distance between Russia and Cuba no longer important? There would be no screeching. Sending a long-range bomber "far away" is only for those who like to hear the American squeal. This screeching is probably like music to you, that everything else is not even interesting to you. Like how they get there ...

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The Swedes were glad that foreign strategists flew over them? And potentially with nuclear weapons on board?

Well, they have some kind of agreement, they just flew. But nuclear weapons have long been absent from bombers during such flights.

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And I immediately have a question. The same Swedes are very fond of resenting any of our military activities near their borders, but do not forget that Sweden is positioning itself as a neutral state, where is the summons of the Swedish Ambassador to us at the Foreign Ministry? Does our minister Lavrov really think that if not a note of protest, then at least his "concern" about the violation of the principle of neutrality should be expressed to this ambassador?

Sergei! Neutrality most often means "not participating in any military blocs." As for the flight of ours, we are indignant when they fly near our borders. And the "Lancers" must have arrived on the basis of some kind of bilateral agreements. And maybe even agreements are not between Sweden and the United States, but the United States and NATO ...
5-9 22 May 2020 15: 12
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They are like 6 pieces of combat-ready for today out of 67 in the state ... by grinding the Afghan mountains into rubble they were worn out ... although they are, in principle, without nuclear weapons and even without long-range CD ... even though the AGM-158V was screwed ... .e. "strategic" is very conditional, they are not included in START-3.
1. iouris 22 May 2020 23: 28
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  I realized: these are neutral airplanes. They fly over neutral waters and countries.