B-2 bomber and F-35s stage a powerful flyover watched by a whole bunch of 1000’s on-line as Trump and Putin meet in Anchorage.
A U.S. Air Drive B-2A Spirit stealth bomber, escorted by 4 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, flew over Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, as U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met there on Aug. 15, 2025.
The shock show of American airpower nearly opened the high-profile assembly on Ukraine.
Trump simply flew a B-2 stealth bomber over Putin’s head…
Completely unimaginable. pic.twitter.com/2bsnssRv9f
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) August 15, 2025
Putin arrived in Alaska aboard an Il-96-300PU, which is the first Russian presidential plane for long-range journey, preceded by different assist plane, together with a Tu-214PU carrying members of his delegation.
The Il-96-300PU, then again, is the usual Russian presidential plane for long-haul journeys. It gives higher vary, cabin area, and luxury, whereas additionally carrying safe communication methods. It’s used for high-profile state visits and flights the place the main target is on endurance and safety relatively than deployment flexibility.
An Ilyushin Il-96-300PU with the Russian Particular Air Squadron and carrying President Vladimir Putin, is making ready to land at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. pic.twitter.com/Xc238UWcmC
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 15, 2025
The Tu-214PU is a particular mission model of the Tu-214 configured as an airborne command put up for the Russian management. It’s fitted with safe, redundant communication methods that permit the president to take care of contact with authorities and navy authorities always, together with in nationwide safety crises. Tu-214PU plane are a part of the “Rossiya” Particular Flight Detachment and are sometimes used for missions the place flexibility, safe communications, and shorter discipline necessities are extra necessary than vary and capability.
The Tu-214PU’s transpacific flight to Alaska turned one of many most-followed flights in Flightradar24 historical past, with greater than 400,000 folks monitoring its progress throughout the Pacific. Many observers initially assumed the plane was carrying the Russian president, nevertheless it was actually transporting a part of his delegation whereas the Il-96 carried Putin himself.
400k reside followers 🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/3xQyagzK9N
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) August 15, 2025
A number of U.S. navy plane had been flying because the Russian plane approached Anchorage.
The quantity of Russian and US plane flying proper now in Alaskan airspace you can’t see on ADSB however you’ll be able to hear on @liveatc is simply wild.
RFF9930
BYTE61
LINK11
CACHE50
RSD111
RSD771
HOOK71
HOOK73
HOOK and BYTE are the Tankers, LINK? Might be fighters and ROMEO… pic.twitter.com/2zO1zsvfBY
— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) August 15, 2025
Absolute audio gold as I say. You have got an American ATC controller (ANCHORAGE CENTER) calling out site visitors to a Russian Tupolev Tu-214PU (RSD539) to look out for a Il-76 (RFF9926) other way and 1000’ beneath.
I assure you that this if the primary time and the final time… pic.twitter.com/8PwabLrJnR
— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) August 15, 2025
Each plane landed at Elmendorf–Richardson forward of the assembly, which occurred on the strategically necessary base that hosts superior fighter items, together with the F-22 Raptors of the third Wing, lots of these had been parked and clearly seen within the footage aired all all over the world.
Regardless of rumors their presence in Alaska was linked to Train Northern Edge 2025 at present underway, the U.S. B-2 Spirit stealth bombers (together with the one which took half within the flyover) had been deployed to JBER particularly for this job, TWZ reported.
#26E8F9 as #DAGGR21 and #DAGGR11 Flight of two B2s into Elmendorf AFB PAED. Watching Lake Hood Seaplane Base reside feed for possibly an opportunity to see 11-3013 and two B2s come into body. Activate the PANC atc tower feed and low and behold they had been a DAGGR flight. Not the Daggr I used to be… pic.twitter.com/4eVV2zsmKB
— Norb (@norb420) August 14, 2025
Two further U.S. Air Drive B-2A “Spirit” Lengthy-Vary Strategic Stealth Bombers seem on their strategy to Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, the place the assembly between President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is about to happen, possible…
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 15, 2025
