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For the first time, Europe played hostto all three of the Air Force GlobalStrike Command’s strategic bomberssimultaneously this June. ThomasNewdickreports from RAF Fairford. AFGSC IN THE UK A B-52H tops up from a 100th Air Refueling WingKC-135R during BALTOPS 2017 over Latvia on June14. The Stratofortress crew was assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing. USAF/Staff Sgt Jonathan Snyder FOR LT Gen Richard Clark, theThird Air Force and 17th ExpeditionaryAir Force commander, the relevance ofthe latest US Air Force bomber deploymentto