Air Force B-52 bombers train with fighters and Japanese allies in northern Japan

A pair of B-52H Stratofortress bombers flew alongside Japanese and American fighters in a collective show of force Monday near Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan.

The strategic bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and Minot Air Force Base, N.D., trained with six Misawa-based 35th Fighter Wing F-16s and 45 Japan Air Self-Defense Force planes, including F-2s, F-4s and F-15s, Pacific Air Forces officials said in a statement Wednesday.

The bombers are part of a combined Continuous Bomber Presence and Bomber Task Force mission, the officials said. U.S. Strategic Command’s bomber forces regularly train with allies and partners, demonstrating U.S. capability to command, control and conduct bomber missions around the world.

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