Three US long-range bombers will fly over the Czech Republic on several occasions during the exercise Joint Terminal Attack Controller Exercise Ample Strike.
This is what EUCOM communicates. Two B-1Bs Lancer (photo) of 7th Bomb Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and a B-52 from 307th Bomb Wing stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, they were deployed to the RAF base in Fairford, UK, last week. The bombers will be able to conduct operations day and night until next September 16.
About 300 participants in the joint maneuvers from 18 countries. The Air Force has also deployed two KC-135Rs to refuel both tactical and i Tornado Germans and i Gripen Hungarians. The tankers are deployed in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The base also houses five AH-64 helicopters. Apache.
EUCOM clarifies that 'strategic bombers, just like any other aircraft flying overseas, will not be armed'.
(photo: Czech Army / US Air Force)
