American B-52 long-range bombers have been pictured at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Sunday.
Damien Dyer, a hobby flyer who was piloting his small plane – a Wag-Aero CUBy – near RAF Fairfield when he managed to snap the B-52 long-range bombers.
He was cleared to fly near the airbase after taking off from Northamptonshire’s Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield.
Speaking to Gloucestershire Live, Damien said: “It’s fine to fly nearby as long as you are talking to them, as I was. The zone around Fairford is only active when they (the B-52s) are active so was easy to get permission.”
At least two of the B-52H Stratofortress bombers since flew over Romania on Monday.
One of the B-52s spent almost 24 hours (23h 25min) in the air conducting a security flight around Europe and the Mediterranean.