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B-52 Bombers Join Japan Jets Amid Rising China Tensions
The United States Air Force did not announce the deployment of two B-52s to Japan, and it is unclear where the aircraft originated from.
The T-7 Red Hawk will teach pilots to fly fifth-gen aircraft like the F-22 and F-35, as well as the new B-21 stealth bomber and planned F-47.
American strategic bombers trained alongside Japanese aircraft in what Washington and Tokyo described as a demonstration of their resolve following recent military tensions between Japan and China this week.
The Alaskan Command said its top priority was homeland defense to safeguard the U.S. northern approaches.
A second B-21 Raider bomber has flown for the first time in California, the Air Force announced Thursday, a milestone officials say will accelerate testing of America’s first new long-range bomber in more than three decades. "With the arrival of the ...
The bombers will fly Ally-led missions to practice high-threat air operations and refine skills in the find, fix, track and target process. Three U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers arrived in Norway on Aug. 9, 2025, to begin Ally-led training operations as ...
The B-21 bomber, the first U.S. sixth-generation combat aircraft, is designed to conduct conventional and nuclear strikes.
Gen. Ken Wilsbach promotes nuclear “recapitalization,” fueling fear of a radical shift away from nukes acting solely as deterrence.
This follows joint drills by Chinese and Russian strategic bombers and fighters on Tuesday that prompted Japan and South Korea to scramble planes to monitor them.