The skies above Glasgow were treated to the rare sight of huge B-52 bombers flying high above the city last night.
The two US Air Force B-52H Stratofortresses - each with eight engines and weighing 176 tons - were tracked initially over Stornoway around 11.30pm flying one behind the other.
The jets, which flew without call signs, then continued south prior to passing over the Central Belt a short time later at an altitude of some 27,000 feet and at a speed of 428mph.
A person who spotted them on global flight tracking service Flightradar24 took to Twitter to share news of their presence in Scottish airspace above Loch Archaig in the Lochaber area north of Fort William.
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They tweeted: "A B-52H tearing across Scotland, wish I could see it. I've seen two flying over the Highlands years ago and they were some special", before adding: "Actually two of them".
In operation since the 1950s, the long-range strategic bombers were used during the Cold War for airborne patrols near the Soviet Union to form one component of the US's nuclear deterrent.
In June last year Glasgow Airport was treated to the unexpected landing of another huge military plane - a KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft - after it was diverted from Glasgow Prestwick.
