INCREDIBLE pictures show US stealth bombers - who use the call-sign "DEATH" - soaring over the White Cliffs of Dover.

The dramatic images capture the B-2 Spirit aircraft tearing across the UK's beaches with RAF F-35 Lightning jets in the first dual training mission of its kind.

9 Stunning images show RAF fighter jets training alongside US stealth bombers as they fly past South Foreland Lighthouse near Dover Credit: UK MOD

9 A USAF B-2 soars over the English countryside Credit: UK MOD

The stealth bombers are the most expensive military aircraft ever made - costing £1bn when they were introduced.

And engineering development and production costs totalled £1.64bn for each of the 21 aircraft built between 1987 and 2000.

It comes after the United States Air Force deployed the B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

The nuclear-capable, batwinged warplane can drop as many as 80 independently guided weapons on a single mission.

It is also capable of delivering a single block-buster bomb known as a Massive Ordnance Perpetrator on underground missile factories.

The planes on show at the Gloucestershire airbase THREE Northrop-Grumman B-2 Spirits are currently in Gloucestershire. The planes used the call-sign DEATH on arrival - a traditional call-sign used by the unit. The three currently at the base are: 89-0168 "Spirit of New York”

89-0129 "Spirit of Georgia"

82-1071 "Spirit of Mississippi”

While in the UK, the aircraft will conduct a series of training activities in Europe.

The supersonic F-35 fighter jet cost £100million each and come with hi-tech coating which makes the fighter jets “invisible” to enemy radars.

They have a maximum speed of 1.6 times the speed of sound and can touch down vertically.

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Group Captain Richard Yates, Chief of Staff at the UK Air Battle Staff said: “We’re delighted that the USAF and 501st Wing Bomber Task Force are here in the UK and that our F-35 Lightning pilots have the chance to fly alongside and train with the B-2 bomber crews.

"This is the first time that any other country has done this."

9 The jets soar over Dover in the joint mission Credit: UK MOD

9 The aircraft are flying together for the first time in the UK Credit: UK MOD

9 The F-35B superjets have a maximum speed of 1.6 times the speed of sound Credit: UK MOD

9 A B-2 can drop as many as 80 independently guided weapons on a single mission Credit: UK MOD

9 The jets are currently deployed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire Credit: UK MOD

9 The b-2 bomber will carry out a series of training activities in Europe Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

9 They will remain at RAF Fairford during the next month Credit: SWNS:South West News Service