U.S. Flies B-52 Stratofortress Bomber over Contested South China Sea

• Ironic propaganda, US-Pentagram: “Stop militarizing the South China Sea!”
• U.S. Flies B-52 Stratofortress Bomber over Contested South China Sea
  by Ben Kew, https://www.breitbart.com/, 6 March 2019
  The United States flew a B-52 Stratofortress bomber over the contested South China Sea on Tuesday, as China continues to aggressively pursue its territorial claims in the region.
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  The U.S. Pacific Air Forces, who oversee air operations in the region, said in a statement that the show of strength formed part of “routine training missions” in coordination with Japan.
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  “Two B-52H Stratofortress bombers took off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and participated in routine training missions, March 4, 2019,” the statement read.
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  “One bomber conducted training in the vicinity of the South China Sea before returning to Guam, while the other conducted training in the vicinity of Japan in coordination with the US Navy and alongside our Japanese air force counterparts before returning to Guam,” it continued. The Twitter account Aircraft Spots tracked the flight on its journey Guam to the South China Sea west of the Philippines.
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