Russian bombers buzz Guam during maneuvers to show off new military power

Tu-95 Bear
Russian bombers have flown to the Pacific Island of Guam — home to a major U.S. military base — for the first time since the Cold War, during an air force exercise intended to show Russia's resurgent military power, a top air force general said Thursday.

Two Tu-95 bombers reached Guam, a U.S. territory, as part of a military exercise this week, and their crews smiled at the pilots of the U.S. fighter jets that scrambled to intercept them, Maj. Gen. Pavel Androsov said.

"Whenever we saw U.S. planes during our flights over the ocean, we greeted them," Androsov said. "On Wednesday, we renewed the tradition when our young pilots flew by Guam in two planes. We exchanged smiles with our counterparts who flew up from a U.S. carrier and returned home."

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