B-1 bombers fly over Arctic's East Siberian Sea in show of force

Three Texas-based B-1 bombers flew a 14-hour mission over the East Siberian Sea, near Russia, to Alaska this week in a show of force.


B-1 Lancer planes, assigned to the 345th Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, demonstrated how U.S. strategic bombers can "support any mission, anywhere around the globe at a moment's notice," a statement from the U.S. European Command said.

After the flight, a planned Bomber Task Force mission, the planes arrived at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to prepare for a long-planned deployment to Europe.

While the area over the East Siberian Sea, in the Arctic Ocean, is regarded as international airspace, it is bounded only by Russia....
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