Russian President Vladimir Putin was greeted with a reminder of U.S. military firepower upon touching down at Alaska‘s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for his summit with President Donald Trump.
Two U.S. B-2 stealth bombers flew into Alaska hours before the meeting. Putin was greeted by a B-2, as well as F-35 jets as he arrived at the base, while the aircraft conducted a flyover as Trump greeted the Russian leader on the tarmac. The B-2 bombers were the same type that conducted the strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities earlier this year.
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