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08:32 GMT Russian strategic bombers could use Cuban airfields during patrolling missions - Air Force official...

Mar. 14, 2009
08:32 GMT Russian strategic bombers could use Cuban airfields during patrolling missions - Air Force official...(First headline, 1st story, link)Related stories:07:57 GMT Chavez offers Venezuelan island to be used by Russian strategic bombers - Russian Air Force official...'We are prepared to fly...
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Russian bombers patrol Caribbean

CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Two Russian bombers carried out a patrol mission along the South American coast, Russian air force officials said Tuesday.

Russian bombers train in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Defense officials say they are monitoring Russian air force training flights conducted from Venezuela's Libertador military airfield.

Russia: Strategic bombers in the Arctic

MOSCOW, June 20 (UPI) -- Routine patrols of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans are being carried out by four Russian strategic bombers, a Russian air force spokesman said Friday.

NATO intercepts Russia bombers

MOSCOW, March 26 (UPI) -- NATO fighters intercepted Russian bombers conducting refueling exercises near Alaska Wednesday, a spokesman for the Russian air force said.

NORAD scrambles for Russian bombers

COLORADO SPRINGS, March 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Air Force officials would like Russia to be more open about its increased schedule of strategic bomber flights, the Denver Post reported Tuesday.

Russian air force flexes its muscles

MOSCOW, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Russian used more than 20 strategic bombers to fly more than 70 practice runs over western Russia as its air arsenal increases, a military official said.

Russia denies violating Japanese air space

MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The Russian Air Force denies reports one of its strategic bombers Saturday violated Japanese air space several hundred miles south of Tokyo.

Russian bombers have flown 70 missions

MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Russian bombers have made 70 patrols over the country's borders since August, the air force commander of strategic services said Tuesday.

Russia resumes bomber testing

MOSCOW, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A military spokesman said Russian air force strategic bombers would conduct a series of long-range training flights through Friday.

Russia denies British air space dispute

MOSCOW, July 18 (UPI) -- An aide to the commander of the Russian Air Force has denied accusations that two Russian strategic bombers violated British airspace.
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