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 by Ed Adamczyk Washington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2020
B-52 Stratofortress bombers ceremonially overflew all 30 NATO countries on Friday, accompanied by allied aircraft in a statement of solidarity. "Allied Sky" featured four B-52s currently deployed to Royal Air Force Fairford in Britain, NATO officials said. The strategic bombers traveled to each European NATO country, and in some cases integrated with fighter planes and aerial refueling maneuvers. Two B-52s assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot, N.D., Air Force Base also flew over Canada and the United States. Aircraft from Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and Britain flew along with the B-52s. About 80 aircraft were involved in the event. "Today's training event demonstrates the United States' powerful commitment to NATO, and Allied solidarity in action," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement. "As U.S. bombers overfly all 30 NATO allies in a single day, they are being accompanied by fighter jets from across the alliance, boosting our ability to respond together to any challenge," Stoltenberg said. The B-52s in Britain arrived last week from the United States, conducting exercises with Norwegian F-16s and F-22 fighter planes off the coast of Norway.
France must clean up Algerian nuclear test sites: group Paris (AFP) Aug 26, 2020 France must clean up nuclear test sites in Algeria where radioactive waste remains from testing in the former colony during the 1960s, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning group said Wednesday. France carried out 17 nuclear explosions in the Algerian part of the Sahara Desert between 1960 and 1966. Eleven of the tests came after the 1962 Evian Accords ended the six-year war of independence and 132 years of colonial rule. "France must give the Algerian authorities the full list of where the contaminat ... read more
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