The U.S. continues to increase troops in the Western Pacific to maintain pressure on the Chinese Communist Party, as the U.S. military announced Friday (29) that four B52H strategic bombers recently flew to the strategically important island of Guam for deployment, claiming to be strengthening the rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific region.
The U.S. Pacific Air Forces said the bombers flew from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, on Thursday (28) to begin the deployment of the bomber contingent; this is the second Time Barksdale AFB has sent personnel and bombers to Guam since December 2018.
The military calls this a strategic deterrence mission, and deploying as a bomber contingent employs their ability to provide flexible combat power wherever it is needed.
Aircraft Spots, a social networking account that tracks the movement of military aircraft, said Thursday that the two B52Hs, which were the first to depart Monday (25), were split up on their way to Guam, with one landing directly at its destination and the other entering South China Sea airspace via the Philippine Sea, Celebes Sea and Sulu Sea, and “circling” the area before returning to Anderson Air Force Base.
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