US Secretary of State Blinken has already set off for China, and the Chinese Foreign Ministry publicly confirmed Blinken's visit to China on the 14th, and on the same day that Blinken finalized his visit to China, two B-52H strategic nuclear bombers of the US Air Force flew from the US mainland to Anderson Air Force Base in Guam. According to information obtained by Aviation Vision, the B-52H took off from North Dakota and flew across the Pacific Ocean to the US military base on Guam. The U.S. Air Force has deployed the B-52H strategic nuclear bomb on Guam for the second time in 2023, after the previous deployment of the B-1B strategic nuclear bomb. Although the B-52H was developed in the 50s of the last century, the US Air Force has decided to use it beyond 2050 to replace the engine for this purpose.
During the deployment of the U.S. Air Force's B-52H strategic nuclear bombardment dynamic forces, it will conduct deterrence cruise missions against China, and in addition to patrolling in Pacific airspace, it will also break into the South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan to carry out operations, which is a deterrent cruise directed at China. In addition to carrying nuclear bombs, the U.S. Air Force B-52H can also carry precision-guided weapons to strike at key targets, and can currently be equipped with AGM-158C cruise missiles, so it can be delivered in airspace near the first island chain, which is the main reason why the U.S. Air Force B-52H will train in the airspace east of the Ryukyus.
Just after the deployment of the US Air Force B-52H strategic nuclear bombardment to Guam, the US Air Force began a deterrent operation, according to the news released by the Joint Staff Monitoring Department of the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the US Air Force dispatched 4 F-35A Lightning II fighters on the 16th, launched an approach deterrent operation, according to the news released by Japan, the US Air Force F-35A fighter is in the cooperation of KC-135R to carry out military operations in the airspace of the Sea of Japan, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force dispatched 4 F-2A / B fighters to cooperate, In this way, Japan is working for the tiger. Japan's F-2A/B fighters are from the castle base, entering the airspace of the Sea of Japan is a "long journey", and the US F-35A fighter is in Japan for long-term deployment operations.
Since 2017, the U.S. Air Force has repeatedly deployed F-35A Lightning II fighters in the first island chain, the F-35A fighters at Hill Air Force Base arrived at Kadena Base in Ryukyu in 2017, and the F-35A fighters currently deployed in Japan are from Elson Base in Alaska, so they are very familiar with the environment in the Asia-Pacific region. Now the U.S. Air Force has been equipped with F-35A in large quantities, the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy are equipped with the corresponding F-35 series fighters, the Marine Corps is equipped with both F-35B and F-35C fighters, and the U.S. Navy is equipped with F-35C fighters.
The U.S. military frequently uses F-35 series fighters to establish a deterrent against China, and in the run-up to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China, the U.S. Air Force uses F-35A Lightning II fighters to show its sharp fangs. 202306256 / Aviation Vision / AZ, in fact, the US military has not only had F-35A fighters and B-52H strategic nuclear bombardment recently, but also the CVN76 Reagan aircraft carrier combat cruise in the South China Sea, which shows that the United States is deliberately trying to establish a deterrent against China, so as to support US Secretary of State Blinken's visit to China, which is a trick of the United States to force China to make concessions and expose the strategic intention of the United States hostile to China.