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U.S. Ramps Up Bomber Presence In The Arctic: Two B-2s Integrate With Two B-1s During Mission Off Iceland

March 17, 2021 David Cenciotti

Three U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bombers have arrived at Lajes Field, Azores. From there, the stealth strategic bombers launched a mission to the Arctic, joining the B-1 already in theater. Three U.S. Air Force […]

Russian Tu-160 Bombers Fly Over Barents And Norwegian Seas As U.S. B-1Bs Prepare For Norwegian Deployment

February 9, 2021 David Cenciotti

Two Tu-160 Blackjack strategic missile carriers performed a mission over the neutral waters of the Barents, Greenland and Norwegian seas, a region where U.S. B-1 Lancer bombers are going to operate in a couple of […]

U.S. B-1 Lancer Bombers To Operate From Orland Air Base During Upcoming First Ever Norway Deployment

February 2, 2021 David Cenciotti

The B-1 Lancer bombers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, are about to deploy to Norway for Bomber Task Force mission. For the first time, an expeditionary B-1 Lancer bomber squadron from Dyess AFB, will […]

An F-16 launched a JSM (long-range strike missile for the F-35) for the first time over Utah last week

November 11, 2015 David Cenciotti

Testing of the new missile for the F-35 continues. Last week, a Joint Strike Missile (JSM) was successfully launched at 22,000 feet from an Edwards Air Force Base F-16 over the Utah Test and Training […]

Here’s a cool video of the Russian warplanes met by the Norwegian F-16s over the Baltic Sea

July 3, 2015 David Cenciotti

Here’s an interesting compilation of “zombies” intercepted by RNoAF (Royal Norwegian Air Force) F-16s in BAP (Baltic Air Patrol) duty. Since May 1, the RNoAF has taken over the leading role of the NATO’s BAP […]