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Polar Roar: Mammoth Bombers Fly Around North Pole

Two US B-52 bombers have flown around the North Pole in a marathon 23-hour flight.
 
B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and British Typhoons from the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission also took part in 'Exercise Polar Roar'.
 
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A KC-135 Stratotanker, based at RAF Mildenhall, refuels a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress over Scotland
 
It's seeing bomber crews from different nations working together and performing intercept training and inert weapon drops. 
 
 

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