Amid rising tensions in Ukraine, four USAF B-52 bombers arrive into RAF Fairford, UK [4K]

These four B-52s are from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB in North Dakota and arrived into RAF Fairford in England under the callsign of HATE11 flight. The jets are: HATE11 (61-0003) - 69th Bomb Squadron “Knighthawks“ yellow fin flash HATE12 (61-0018) - 69th Bomb Squadron “Knighthawks“ yellow fin flash HATE13 (60-0044) - 23d Bomb Squadron “Bomber Barons“ red fin flash HATE14 (61-0039) - 69th Bomb Squadron “Knighthawks“ yellow fin flash HATE 11/12/13 refuelled in AR-20 with ABBOT 71 flight on the eastern seaboard of the USA before continuing on to bombing ranges in the UK. ABBOT71 flight was a mix of KC-135s and a KC-46 I believe. HATE 11/13 went on to conduct bombing practice on Tain range in North West Scotland before splitting into singles for their transition to RTB Fairford. HATE13 landed at 14:05 and HATE11 at 15:15. HATE12 went to the Holbeach Air Weapons Range to the east of England and conduced bombing practice for around 2 hours. This aircraft recovered to Fairford at 14:57. Check out the US
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