US Air Force B-52 Bomber lands in UK amid Russia tensions

LONDON: HUGE US Air Force B-52 Bomber lands in UK amid Russia tensions:MOMENT a HUGE US Air Force Boeing B-52 Bomber aircraft lands in the UK amid Russia tensions. 

The arrival was one of four U.S Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers to arrive at RAF Fairford in the UK .

Four of the type arrived in the UK ahead of a planned Bomber task force, although many are suggesting it is likely to be linked to the rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia.

The four B-52 Stratofortress aircraft - with call signs HATE 11, HATE 12, HATE 13 AND HATE 14 - arrived at the Gloucestershire grounds this morning.

They were accompanied by officers and personnel from America's 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Plane spotters were in raptures as the giant metal aircraft - nicknamed BUFFs for Big Ugly Fat Fellas - swooped down onto the tarmac to land.
Officially the £62million machines are here for a Bomber Task Force mission, a joint practice the US said had been 'long planned'.

But the sight of them - and their long-range bombing capability - may help focus the mind of Vladimir Putin as Russian forces continue to mass outside the Ukraine border. Earlier today Boris Johnson warned Europe faces the 'most dangerous moment for decades' and the 'stakes are very high' as he urged Russia to back away from a 'disastrous' Ukraine invasion.

b-52 bomber,longrange strike bomber,russian bear bombers over britain,b 52 bomber in action,b-52 bomber in action,b2 bomber in action,b-52 bombers,mission,b52 bomber,bomber (aircraft type),b-52h bomber,plane,missile,b-1 bomber,us send b 52 bombers,building the b 52 bomber,b52 bomber taking off,strategic bombers,us b-52 nuke bombers,b-52 stratofortress in action,b 52 bombers,united states airforce b-52 bomber take off,bombers b-52