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Norway scrambles warplanes to escort Russian bombers
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This week, those bombers trained with troops on the ground to conduct close air support.
The deployment, and increased Arctic activity in general, comes amid high tensions between NATO and Russia.
US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers that deployed to Norway in late February have already demonstrated their reach in the air around Europe, and this week they tested their ability to put bombs on target in new surroundings.
On March 8, a bomber conducted Joint Terminal Attack Controller training with US Navy SEALs, US Marines, and Norwegian soldiers near Setermoen in the Norwegian Arctic.
JTACs, as they re known, direct aircraft during close-air-support missions. For this training, US and Norwegian JTACs took position on top of a mountain and quickly established communications with the bomber to call in targets, a Marine Corps release said.
SEALs, Marines, and Norwegian soldiers teamed up with B-1B bombers to practice dropping bombs on new terrain insider@insider.com (Christopher Woody) © US Air Force A US Air Force B-1B takes off from Bodø Air Station in Norway, March 8, 2021. US Air Force
US Air Force bombers deployed to Norway for the first time ever in late February.
This week, those bombers trained with troops on the ground to conduct close air support.
The deployment, and increased Arctic activity in general, comes amid high tensions between NATO and Russia.
US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers that deployed to Norway in late February have already demonstrated their reach in the air around Europe, and this week they tested their ability to put bombs on target in new surroundings.
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The Air Force has deployed four B-1B Lancer bombers to Ørland in Norway and the Russians are very upset about it. The Lancers come from the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas. This latest move signals a shift towards the Arctic by the U.S. military to counter Russia but it also represents a shift for Norway, an important NATO ally.
As reported in High North News, Norway was careful to try and put the Russians at ease about the first-ever deployment of a strategic bomber, like B-1B Lancers, to the country. In a joint telephone press conference with USAFE Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Steven L. Basham and Lt. Gen. Yngve Odlo, Chief of the Norwegian Joint Headquarters, Gen Odlo stated, “It’s normal military activity between two close allies. The only special thing is that it is the new asset being deployed to Norway. But it is also a quite normal, and an important asset to be able to conduct high-intensity joint, combined operations.”
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