{"id":36082,"date":"2020-09-13T16:42:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T16:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/13\/us-air-force-flies-b-1-lancer-bombers-over-east-siberian-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:12:09","slug":"us-air-force-flies-b-1-lancer-bombers-over-east-siberian-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/09\/13\/us-air-force-flies-b-1-lancer-bombers-over-east-siberian-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force flies B-1 Lancer bombers over East Siberian Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BERLIN \u2014 The U.S. Air Force flew three B-1 heavy bombers over the East Siberian Sea, north of Russia\u2019s far east, as part of a series of recent maneuvers that the military said Friday are meant to demonstrate American capabilities and ability to support allies, but which a top Russian commander blasted as \u201chostile and provocative.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flight of the three Texas-based U.S. Air Force Reserve B-1 Lancer bombers on Thursday followed a similar mission a week ago in which three B-52 bombers temporarily based in Britain were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/09\/04\/b-52s-fly-to-ukraine-to-train-with-troops-there\/\" target=_blank>flown over Ukrainian airspace<\/a>, near Russia\u2019s southwestern flank. <\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"\/\/Here\u2019s%20how%20Global%20Strike%20Command%20is%20shifting%20its%20focus%20to%20China,%20Russia\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Here\u2019s how Global Strike Command is shifting its focus to China, Russia<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. European Command said that following the flight from Texas to the East Siberian Sea, the Lancers landed at a nearby American air base in Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stuttgart-based EUCOM said in a statement that the flight, and the deployment of the B-52s to England showcased how U.S.-based assets \u201ccan be employed to achieve an operational objective on USEUCOM\u2019s eastern and western flanks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe three Lancers &#8230; demonstrated how U.S. strategic bombers are able to support any mission, anywhere around the globe, at a moment\u2019s notice,\u201d Stuttgart-based EUCOM said in a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EUCOM said the &#8220;strategic bomber missions clearly illustrated the U.S. Air Force\u2019s ability to continually execute flying missions and sustain readiness in support of our Allies and partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6348062.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"A B-1 Lancer arrives at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 10, 2020, in support of a Bomber Task Force mission. 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Ted Daigle\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. regularly conducts aerial, naval and ground-force maneuvers in and around Europe, but a top Russian military officer said Friday that the number of U.S. and NATO flights near Russia\u2019s borders have increased markedly this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col.-Gen. Sergei Surovikin, who heads Russia\u2019s air force, told reporters Friday that in August alone Russian fighter jets were scrambled on 27 occasions to intercept American and other NATO warplanes over the Baltic, Barents and the Black and Okhotsk Seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/30\/russian-navy-conducts-major-maneuvers-near-alaska\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20241399195787.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russian navy conducts major maneuvers near Alaska<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said B-52s in late August and early September flew close to Russian borders near Crimea and the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, and accused them of practicing for offensive operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe strategic bombers&#8217; crews practiced launching cruise missiles at facilities in Russia from airspace over the central part of the Black Sea and the territory of Estonia,\u201d Surovikin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2020\/08\/30\/us-says-russian-military-conducted-unsafe-intercept-of-b-52-over-black-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6324419.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US says Russian military conducted unsafe intercept of B-52 over Black Sea; violated NATO airspace in separate incident<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Two Russian military planes conducted an unsafe intercept of an American B-52 bomber as it flew over international waters on Friday, according to the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Sept. 4 flight, three B-52s flew over the Sea of Azov to come as close as 30 kilometers to Crimea, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe see the combat training of strategic aircrews in close proximity to the Russian border as hostile and provocative,\u201d Surovikin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia-West relations have sunk to post-Cold War lows after Russia\u2019s 2014 annexation of Ukraine\u2019s Crimea. 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