President Donald Trump flexed American airpower today upon meeting Vladimir Putin in Alaska, with a B-2 stealth bomber and four F-35s flying over Russia’s leader to greet him on American soil.
The U.S. Air Force B-2 just recently conducted bombing strikes on underground nuclear facilities in Iran, named Operation Midnight Hammer. They dealt a major blow to any Iranian nuclear ambitions in the near future.
The two world leaders met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, with Trump welcoming Putin on a red carpet backdropped by Air Force One, and with F-22s.
Two B-2s arrived at the base from Whiteman AFB, MO on Friday. The F-35s were from Eilson AFB in Fairbanks.
Ending Russia’s war in Ukraine?
Their highly-anticipated meeting has the world hopeful for an end finally to the war in Ukraine. It has become the largest land conflict in Europe since WWII.
That is, ultimately, everyone’s goal. However the President has stated this meeting is not to end the war and broker a deal on Ukraine’s behalf, but rather get Putin back to the negotiating table.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is not attending, but says he is “counting on America.”
