Some amazing shots show B-52s, callsign “Hate”, escorted by RAF Typhoons, callsign “Venom”, over the UK.
Flying as HATE 11-14, four U.S. Air Force B-52s arrived at RAF Fairford, UK, on Feb. 10, 2022. Although the timing of the deployment coincides with a military build-up in Europe and raising tensions with Russia, the USAFE-AFAFRICA pointed out how the strategic bombers arrived in the Old Continent as part of a “long-planned” Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission, a regularly scheduled U.S. European Command and U.S. Strategic Command joint mission series.
In fact, since 2018, U.S. Air Force bombers are regularly deployed through Europe. The last BTF mission involving B-52s in Europe took place in May 2021.
During their flight from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, the BUFFs were monitored by aviation enthusiasts from all around the world on flight tracking websites thanks to their Mode-S transponders.
Three United States Air Force Boeings B-52H Stratofortress, about to be deployed to 🇬🇧RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom, seen on ADSBexchange today: #AE589A #HATE11 #AE58A7 #HATE12
[not found: #HATE13?]#AE58B2 #HATE14 pic.twitter.com/lwCGCr52Xe
— Gerjon | חריון (@Gerjon_) February 10, 2022
HATE11 (61-0006), HATE12 (61-0020) and HATE14 (61-0039) flights now on #flightradar24 arriving in the UK.
HATE14 landing soon at Fairford. #AvGeek #BomberTaskForce pic.twitter.com/0w8T7I5ukJ
— Stefano D’Urso (@stedur93) February 10, 2022
Interestingly, on their way to RAF Fairford, integrated with British Typhoons and Portuguese F-16s currently assigned to NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing mission.
The rare sight of a B-52 bomber over Perth earlier, heading south after a tour around the highlands and islands. pic.twitter.com/L38iRHE7qu
— Stuart Cowper (@StuartCowper) February 10, 2022
#B52 #HATE11 B-52H 61-0003 over Chester at 20,000ft this afternoon. 13 hours from Minot, North Dakota, heading for Fairford. @Sx60Contrails @scan_sky pic.twitter.com/PJTgArJyHQ
— Robin G (@RobbbinG) February 10, 2022
Bomber aircraft also integrated with British Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) to conduct bilateral Close Air Support training. In particular, two B-52s out of the four Stratofortress bombers operated over northern Scotland and the Tain range.
Current comms: #HATE11 working 371.870 looking to operate to the north of Lossiemouth. pic.twitter.com/lcPDWMtnE3
— Col McGowan (OSINT) (@mm0ndx) February 10, 2022
B52s HATE11/13 low pass over Tain Air Weapons Range. pic.twitter.com/2l8GbSawLJ
— Manu Gómez (@GDarkconrad) February 10, 2022
Take a look at the stunning photographs taken by the RAF’s camera ship:
This would have been HATE 11 flight who turned left at MAC (Machrihanish) and proceeded to operate over northern Scotland and the Tain range with Typhoons from @RAFLossiemouth – stunning photos #AvGeek #RadioGeek #MilMonWorld https://t.co/yncgDDjHkc
— Military Monitoring World (@MilMonWorld) February 10, 2022
Just to recap.
HATE flt x4
USAF 🇺🇸 B-52 🇺🇸
Currently on the ground at EGVA “RAF FAIRFORD” are,,,
B-52 (61-0003)
B-52 (61-0018)
B-52 (61-0039)
B-52 (60-0044)
All 4 flew in from @TeamMinot 🇺🇸🇺🇸
North Dakota 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
And if I may say so,,,
Welcome back @TeamMinot 😊🤟✈️
— SkyScanWorld🛰️✈️ 📡 (@scan_sky) February 10, 2022
