After the country's decades-long commitment to neutrality, a pair of B-52 strategic bombers made a first-ever flight in the skies above Finland

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After the country's decades-long commitment to neutrality, a pair of B-52 strategic bombers made a first-ever flight in the skies above Finland

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B-52 on first time mission over northern Finland

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A pair of B-52 strategic bombers that came in over Finland from Norwegian air space made a first-ever flight in the skies above Lapland near the Lake Inari Sunday morning.

The two strategic bombers crossed the border into Finland from Norway’s northern region. Over Lapland, they were met by three U.S. Air Force tankers and Finnish fighter jets.

“Today, Finland has implemented cooperation with the strategic bombers of the United States in the territory of Finland,” the country’s defense minister Antti Häkkänen said.

“It is a normal cooperation carried out in the territory of a NATO member country and it demonstrate the basic pillar of common defense and deterrence,” Häkkänen said.

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