The Pentagon’s planes have begun arriving for a NATO exercise that amasses the largest deployment of allied aircraft in Europe since the formation of the bloc in 1949.
Some 3,000 service members and 150 aircraft from 12 NATO countries as well as Sweden and Switzerland are participating in Arctic Challenge, which began Monday, NATO said.
A Russian fighter jet intercepted two B-1B Lancers from Texas over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday as the bombers began a deployment in the European theater.