An Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber flew overhead as Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday met with President Donald Trump on a U.S. Air Force flightline in Alaska.

The stealth bomber, used for some of the most high-profile U.S. strikes in the Middle East this year, flew over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson flanked by four F-35 fighter jets. On the ground, Putin and Trump met on the tarmac for a major summit to discuss the war in Ukraine, currently in its fourth year. The bomber was one of two B-2s sent to Alaska this week ahead of the summit.

Flight data showed two B-2s flying from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri to Alaska in the hours before the two leaders met.

The U.S. Air force operates 19 B-2 bombers, based out of Whiteman Air Force Base. Some are occasionally forward deployed to t

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