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North Korea conducted artillery drills for the second straight day, escalating tensions further on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, Wednesday, Pyongyang fired some 100 artillery shells from its west coast around noon, adding that the rounds fell into a buffer zone north of the Northern Limit Line, which was established under the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement, aimed at halting all hostile acts against each other to reduce tensions along the inter-Korean border.

The U.S. Air Force deployed four B-52H Stratofortress aircraft to the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) theater August 18-September 21, 2022 to conduct Bomber Task Force (BTF) missions with key allies and partners. The strategic bombers are assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota. The aircraft operated out of Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, England, which marks the second time this year B-52s from Minot have flown to RAF Fairford for a bomber task force mission.

The number of U.S. and allied fifth-generation aircraft, such as the F-35 stealth fighter, will make it difficult for Russia to compete for air supremacy since it only operates a small batch of Su-57 fifth-generation aircraft.

As tensions with Iran heat up once again, the U.S. military conducted a show of force in the Middle East with B-52 bombers.

Ttwo B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable bombers fly across the Middle East with fighters from the UK, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.