US Air Force bomber is roaming skies over Gloucestershire

US Air Force bomber is roaming skies over Gloucestershire: B-52 took off from RAF Fairford before circling in constant loop after issuing emergency ‘squawk’ code

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  • A nuclear-capable B-52 bomber is roaming the skies over Britain
  • The US Air Force jet took off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire
  • It started to circle in a constant loop after issuing an emergency Squawk 
  • The bombers were deployed to the UK after Putin’s Ukraine invasion 

A nuclear-capable B-52 bomber is roaming the skies over Britain after emitting an emergency squawk.

The US Air Force jet, coded SPICY22, took off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire earlier today before it began to circle in a constant loop after issuing an emergency Squawk 7700 code – thought to be because one of the bomber’s engines has failed.

The jet is currently covering a path which takes in the northern end of Gloucester, Churchdown, Bishop’s Cleeve, Newent, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham. It is understood that it is in a loop so that it can burn off fuel before it can land again, according to local reports.

B-52 bombers were deployed to Fairford this year in response to Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine, and they have regularly been used in training and reconnaissance missions over Europe alongside other NATO powers.

The US Air Force jet, coded SPICY22, took off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire earlier today before it began to circle in a constant loop after issuing an emergency Squawk 7700 code

A nuclear-capable B-52 bomber is roaming the skies over Britain after emitting an emergency squawk (this image shows a different B-52 arriving at RAF Fairford)

The jet is currently covering a path which takes in the northern end of Gloucester, Churchdown, Bishop’s Cleeve, Newent, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham, live data and local media reporting suggest

Having returned to the US, the bombers made their way back to Fairford in August and remain based there. 

Residents on the ground in Gloucester have described the ‘very loud’ rumble of the bomber as it flies over the city.

Brand new F35s and U2 spy planes were also spotted arriving at the airfield earlier this year. 

The latter can cruise at 70,000ft and are used for intelligence gathering. The former are based over at Lakenheath. 

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