A Changing Dynamic For U.S. In The Pacific

Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 showing Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growler, F/A-18F Super Hornet, F-35A and U.S. Air Force B-52
Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growler, F/A-18F Super Hornet and F-35A flew alongside a U.S. Air Force B-52 during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021.
Credit: Sgt. Andrew Eddie/U.S. Air force
In the skies near Singapore, a lumbering U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber pulled up alongside a Singaporean tanker in an early test of the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport refueling an American nuclear bomber for the first time. The Feb. 17 event, scheduled to coincide with the B-52 flight display at the...

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