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First US Bomber Touches Down

Mon, March 03, 2003

Source: Ananova News

The first of a number of expected US B52 bombers has touched down at an RAF base in Gloucestershire

The first of a number of expected US B52 bombers has touched down at an RAF base in Gloucestershire.

The long-range bomber, expected to be involved in any conflict with Iraq, is the first of around nine believed to be arriving at RAF Fairford, although the Ministry of Defence has not yet given official confirmation that the aircraft will be stationed there.

The B52 touched down at the base on the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire border this morning but an MoD spokesman insisted that the MoD could not comment on the movement of any US aircraft.

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