The US military has flown two Boeing B-52 bombers into Darwin ahead of multi-national war games hosted by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The B-52s, weighing more than 125,000 kilograms each, will form the tactical backbone of a training exercise dubbed Pitch Black, according to military officials. The simulated conflict will involve long-range tactics in the vast, empty airspace between Darwin and Katherine. A total of 2,500 US troops are set to be deployed in northern Australia by 2017 as part of a deal announced by US president Barack Obama during his visit to Darwin in 2011.
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