B-2 bombers in Europe

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Putin on notice: Two U.S. stealth bombers head to Europe for first time amid tension

Two U.S. B-2 Spirit stealth bombers are being deployed to Europe for the first time. The deployment of the advanced aircraft will be used for “short term deployment” at Fairford, a Royal Air Force base in England — just three hours from Russia.

“This deployment of strategic bombers provides an invaluable opportunity to strengthen and improve interoperability with our allies and partners,” said Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, CNN reported Tuesday.

“The training and integration of strategic forces demonstrates to our nation’s leaders and our allies that we have the right mix of aircraft and expertise to respond to a variety of potential threats and situations,” he continued.

The radar-evading B-2 bombers are likely being used as a show of force to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been accused of fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine after the Russia’s recent annexation of Crimea.

RAW: US stealth B-2 bombers deployed to UK, land at RAF Fairford airbase

The radar-evading...

JAV į Europą atskraidino du rusų radarams nepasiekiamus bombonešius B-2.

Jan. 15, 2014
The Dutch government has confirmed that F-35 jets it plans to acquire may be equipped to carry nuclear weapons, Dutch News.nl reported on Tuesday.

Parliament in November signed off on a government plan to purchase 37 F-35As to replace the Dutch air force's aging fleet of nuclear-capable F-16s.

here is considerable Dutch public opposition to continuing to host U.S. nuclear weapons.

The Dutch government told parliament that it would still advocate for nuclear disarmament, while continuing to have an atomic responsibility for the present time.

The F-35A is slated to have a future capability to carry the B-61 bomb. However, some issue-experts think the U.S. Air Force is backing away from that plan.

Ministers ignore vote, JSF jet fighter could carry nuclear weapons.