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Unparalleled Global Strike Capability: US Nuclear-Capable Bombers End Month-Long Mission With Flight Through Arctic, Pacific American B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers have completed a month-long mission to Europe and Africa by flying over the Arctic, North Africa and the Pacific Ocean on June 17 and 18, The B-52s had been forward-deployed to the Morón Air Base by arrangement with NATO ally Spain and served under the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, General General Jeffrey Harrigian, who is also commander of NATO’s Allied Air Command. The nuclear-capable b...

Russia Blasts US for Deploying Nuclear-Capable Bombers for Baltic War Games “Use of [a] US Air Force nuclear-capable B-52H during BALTOPS is another provocation. Such sabre-rattling escalates the situation in Europe and deteriorates the atmosphere before the Russian-US summit. We urge the US to review its approach to European security and stop dangerous activities near the Russian border.” A B-52 in the Baltic Sea region, like the squadrons of advanced multirole combat aircraft NATO flies out of the Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania and the Ämari Air Base in Estonia, is within immediate st...

U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS

BALTIC OPERATIONS 2021 (BALTOPS 21) Kiel (ots) - BALTIC SEA - The 50th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 50) exercise, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, kicks off today, June 6. Between June 6-18, air and maritime assets from 18 NATO Allies and partner nations will participate in live training events that include air defence, anti-submarine warfare, amphibious operations, maritime interdiction, mine countermeasure operations. "This year, we celebrate the 50th BALTOPS, an exercise that sets the foundation of interoperability across the Alliance," said U.S. Vice Adm. Gene B...

The Navy is joining almost 20 other NATO countries in a half-century-old annual naval exercise near Russia's front door.