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U.S. bomber makes appearance at air show - in Moscow
Associated Press
Published August 18, 2005
ZHUKOVSKY, Russia - The U.S. Air Force brought its powerful B-1B strategic bomber to the Moscow International Air Show being held Wednesday at a once-secret Soviet-era air base.
Boeing Co. and its European rival Airbus SAS, meanwhile, mapped out plans for new cooperation with Russia's aircraft industry at the Zhukovsky airfield, where more than 600 companies from 40 nations gathered.
The B-1B is a long-range bomber operating from bases in South Dakota and Texas. The Air Force also brought F-15 and F-16 fighter jets to the show, along with two tanker aircraft.
Facing the American fighters on the tarmac of what was once one of the nation's most tightly guarded facilities were an assortment of Russian fighter jets, bombers and helicopter gunships. For years, those aircraft were hidden away in huge hangars and test-flown only in between flyovers by U.S. spy satellites.
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