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Such intercepts happen routinely, Faggard said.  <br\/> <br\/> <\/article><\/article>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=68c93ebb-5ff9-4d2b-a4ed-d2a232e80d73\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Long-range B-52 bombers and 800 airmen have been deployed by the US Air Force to the United Kingdom to participate in joint exercises with NATO allies and partners. The B-52 Stratofortresses, which have nuclear capabilities, will be a party of a series of exercises that will take place at Russia&#8217;s doorstep, in the Baltic Sea, the Arctic, and along the border of Russia. The deployment comes at a time when the US military could be attempting to assure its European allies, following a tense European visit by President Donald Trump.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<article class=\"ng-binding\" id=\"story_content\" ng-bind-html=\"results.Items[0]._source.main.nitf\"> The bomber, normally based in Barksdale, Louisiana, is currently stationed at RAF Fairford in Britain in support of NATO exercises. <br\/> <br\/><\/article>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"ng-binding\" id=\"story_content\" ng-bind-html=\"results.Items[0]._source.main.nitf\"> The B-52 had its transponders on and would have been identifiable to air traffic controllers at the time of the encounter, Faggard said. <br\/> <br\/><\/article>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"ng-binding\" id=\"story_content\" ng-bind-html=\"results.Items[0]._source.main.nitf\"> In a separate incident, a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet was dispatched Tuesday to intercept a Norwegian maritime surveillance aircraft flying over the Barents Sea near the Russian border, the Russian Defense Ministry said. <br\/> <br\/><\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n<article class=\"ng-binding\" id=\"story_content\" ng-bind-html=\"results.Items[0]._source.main.nitf\"> Both Russia and NATO routinely scramble their fighters to intercept each other&#8217;s planes flying over international waters. <br\/> <br\/><\/article>\n\n\n\n<article class=\"ng-binding\" id=\"story_content\" ng-bind-html=\"results.Items[0]._source.main.nitf\"> In September, a Russian fighter jet flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft, in what American officials called an unsafe intercept over the Black Sea. 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