The Air Force staged a show of power with a flyover featuring a B-2 bomber ahead of the meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska.

Alaska and Russia’s histories are intertwined, nowhere more so than at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, long used for monitoring Soviet threats.

President Trump departed Washington just after sunrise Friday, heading west for his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in years and one that will set the tone for the future of peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Putin was greeted by a B-2 bomber, as well as F-35 jets as he arrived at the base, while the aircraft conducted a flyover as Trump greeted the Russian leader on the tarmac.

The Five’ co-hosts discuss Bret Baier's interview with President Donald Trump on Air Force One ahead of meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

President Trump spoke with reporters while aboard Air Force One ahead of his summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, doubling down that there will be "very severe" consequences for Russia if a peace deal is not reached with Ukraine.

On August 14, multiple Il-96-300s from the Special Flight Squadron departed Moscow for Anchorage, marking a rare entry into US airspace.

Personnel from each U.S. military branch concluded the two-week joint force training exercise, Red Flag-Alaska 25-3, at Eielson Air Force Base Aug 1.

President Richard M. Nixon and Emperor Hirohito of Japan meet Sept. 26, 1971, in Anchorage, in the home of Gen. Robert George Ruegg, commander in chief of the Alaskan Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base. It was the first-ever meeting of a U.S. president and a Japanese monarch. (Anchorage Times photo)