Both pairs of U.S. Air Force B-1Bs and B-52Hs were flying over the Baltic Sea in formation with a KC-135 on Jun. 9 when they were met by a Russian Su-27.
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B-2s deployed to RAF Fairford
All three types of bombers assigned to the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command have been deployed to the U.S. European theater.
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Berkuts to celebrate 25th anniversary
The Russian Air Force’s Berkuts helicopter aerobatic team will celebrate its 25th birthday on Jun. 10 with an air show at Torzhok aviation center.
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Russian Knights carried out their first aerial refueling using the Su-30SM
F-15E scored an air-to-air kill over Syria
An armed pro-Syria regime unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down over southern Syria on Jun. 8 by a fighter aircraft, the Pentagon announced.
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