US Bomber Aircraft Conduct Training Mission Near Iceland, Air Force Says

© AP Photo / Jeff RobersonA B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, assigned to the 509th/131st Bomb Wings out of Whiteman Air Force Base, performs a flyover of Barnes-Jewish Hospital to honor healthcare professionals and essential employees fighting against the coronavirus Friday, May 8, 2020, in St. Louis.
A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, assigned to the 509th/131st Bomb Wings out of Whiteman Air Force Base, performs a flyover of Barnes-Jewish Hospital to honor healthcare professionals and essential employees fighting against the coronavirus Friday, May 8, 2020, in St. Louis.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.03.2021
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WASHINGTON, March 18 (Sputnik) - Four US bomber aircraft conducted a mission near Iceland this week to enhance integration in the high north, the Air Force said in a release.

"Two US Air Force B-2 Spirit aircraft from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and two US B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flew a Bomber Task Force mission off the coast of Iceland, March 16, 2021," the release said on Wednesday.

The US Air Force said such long-range integration missions help airmen to refine skills necessary to fly effective night operations as well as to respond to any potential crisis across the globe, the release added.

Besides that, the release noted that the bomber task force missions are for demonstrating US capability and extended deterrence.

Earlier this month, two US B-1B Stealth bombers carried out a low altitude mission flying over the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, with Danish, Polish, German and Italian combat fighters. B-1 bombers were also seen in the skies over Iceland at the end of February.

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