{"id":949,"date":"2020-09-15T18:21:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/?p=949"},"modified":"2020-09-15T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:22:28","slug":"russian-mod-releases-video-of-u-s-b-1b-lancer-bomber-intercepted-over-the-bering-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/russian-mod-releases-video-of-u-s-b-1b-lancer-bomber-intercepted-over-the-bering-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian MoD Releases Video Of U.S. B-1B Lancer Bomber Intercepted Over The Bering Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian MoD Releases Video Of U.S. B-1B Lancer Bomber Intercepted Over The Bering Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 15, 2020 David Cenciotti Military Aviation<\/a><\/p>\n

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A screenshot from the video released by the Russian MoD shows the Dyess AFB B-1B (carrying a Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Russian MiG-31s and Su-35S escorted a B-1B \u201cBONE\u201d from Dyess Air Force Base, flying in international airspace over the Northern Pacific Ocean, as it \u201capproached\u201d Russia\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 15, 2020, the Russian MoD released the news and video about the intercept of a B-1B Lancer bomber flying in the airspace over the waters of the Bering and Okhotsk seas. The U.S. strategic bomber was detected as an \u201cair target approaching the state border of the Russian Federation\u201d and was intercepted \u201cto identify it and prevent violations of the state border\u201d.<\/p>\n

Two MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors from the Pacific fleet were scrambled to intercept, identify and escort the \u201cBone\u201d (as the B-1 is normally dubbed in the pilot community) that was later also escorted by at least one Su-35S of the Eastern Military District.<\/p>\n

Noteworthy, the footage released by the Russian MoD shows that the B-1 flying the quite unusual sortie over the Bering Sea (another similar mission was flown in the same area in April this year), is one of the Lancers assigned to the 345th Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, and not one of the four B-1s from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, deployed to Guam since Sept. 11, 2020.<\/p>\n

Dyess\u2019s B-1s show of force over Arctic\u2019s East Siberian Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.S. Air Force Reserve B-1 Lancer bombers from Dyess AFB have operated in the same region last days. On Sept. 11, three B-1s of the 345th BS landed at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska, after a 14-hour mission that saw them fly from Texas to the international airspace over the East Siberian Sea, into the easternmost section of the USEUCOM area of responsibility. This was a U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) planned and led Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission flown in preparation for another long-scheduled deployment to Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe three Lancers, assigned to the 345th Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, demonstrated how U.S. strategic bombers are able to support any mission, anywhere around the globe at a moment\u2019s notice. The mission, which complemented the deployment of six B-52s to RAF Fairford in England, showcased how U.S.-based assets can be employed to achieve an operational objective on USEUCOM\u2019s eastern and western flanks,\u201d said the official USEUCOM press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis continuous 14-hour, 4,300 nautical-mile mission also marked the first time a European BTF mission was supported by a U.S. Air Force Reserve B-1 Lancer unit, thereby advancing total force integration efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the video of the MiG-31 intercept on the Dyess AFB B-1 was released on Sept. 15, it\u2019s not clear when the \u201cclose encounter\u201d took place. Moreover, the news mentions only one B-1 (and not three, as in the 14-hour mission). Therefore, while we can\u2019t rule out the clip was filmed on Sept. 10-11, it\u2019s also possible that one of three bombers (the one in the video) carried out another mission across the Bering Sea later, on Sept. 14 and 15.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the news of latest B-1 missions in the Pacific region come as the four B-52s deployed to Europe continue to carry out third mission to another hotspot: the Black Sea. After flying conducting sorties over Ukraine and near Crimea on Aug. 28 and Sept. 4, the BUFFs flew again in the region on Sept. 14, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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