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  • Pilots from the 69th Bomb Squadron go through a pre-flight checklist inside the cockpit of a B-52H Stratofortress before a training sortie at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 14, 2016. Bomber Airmen work around the clock in all weather conditions in order to provide B-52H Stratofortress firepower on demand. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)

    Snow Birds

    Pilots from the 69th Bomb Squadron go through a pre-flight checklist inside the cockpit of a B-52H Stratofortress while members of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron remove snow from the flightline before a training sortie at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 14, 2016. Bomber Airmen work around the clock in all weather conditions in order to provide B-52H Stratofortress firepower on demand. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class J.T. Armstrong)
  • Twenty-five years after Operation Senior Surprise, aka “Secret Squirrel”, the aircrew members that kicked off Operation Desert Storm reunited on Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on Jan. 15, 2016. One of the B-52 Stratofortress bombers stationed at Barksdale is displaying the “Secret Squirrel” patch to commemorate the anniversary. This 35 hour mission was the first combat use of the Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM). (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville/Released)

    “Secret Squirrel” crewmembers reunite 25 years later

  • The 596th Bomb Squadron paved the way for American forces to defeat Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, whose troops had invaded neighboring Kuwait. Members of the 596th participated in Operation Senior Surprise, known as “Secret Squirrel” to the operators who would fly the mission. The bombers traveled more than 14,000 nautical miles non-stop and was the longest combat mission in history at the time.

    Desert Storm: 2nd Bomb Wing leads the air war

    In the early morning of January 16, 1991, the 2nd Bomb Wing deployed seven B-52G Stratofortresses crews to Iraq in a single, secret mission that would mark the beginning of Operation Desert Storm.
  • With the Mauna Kea volcano in the background, a B-52 Stratofortress from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, flies over the Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii, on Dec. 28, 2015, during a training mission. Two B-52 aircrews currently assigned here as part of the U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence, conducted a bomber Airmen heritage flyby of the Mauna Loa volcano. The flyby was part of the 80th anniversary of the 23rd Bombardment Squadron using bombs to divert lava flow from the volcano that threatened the town of Hilo, Hawaii, in 1935. (Courtesy photo)

    Bomber Airmen pay 80th anniversary tribute to volcano response

    Two B-52 Stratofortress aircrews assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, currently here as part of the U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence, conducted a bomber Airmen heritage flyover of the Mauna Loa volcano and training mission in Hawaii Dec. 28-30, 2015.The flyby was part of the 80th anniversary of the 23rd Bombardment
  • Airman 1st Class Sean Carnahan, 2nd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental technician, inspects a power box on a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 15, 2015. E and E Airmen have a broad maintenance responsibility that includes electrical and life-support systems on the B-52. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Luke Hill)

    E and E: everything else

    "People know what crew chiefs do. They know what avionics, weapons and hydraulics Airmen do, but what does electrical and environmental do? Pretty much everything else," said Tech. Sgt. John Heppner, 2nd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental NCO in charge.

  • 307th Bomb Wing pilot flies with late father's fighter squadron

    Lt. Col. Bryan Bailey, a B-52 pilot for the 307th Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., received a surprise F-16 Fighting Falcon incentive flight flying with U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. David Efferson, commander of the 457th Fighter Squadron, at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, on Oct. 23, 2015. Bailey's father, Major
  • An F-22 Raptor from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., sits on the flightline while a Raptor launches from the Tyndall runway Dec. 10, 2015, during Checkered Flag 16-1. The week-and-a-half long exercise focuses on the involvement of the F-22 Raptor, F-35A Lightning II's and legacy aircraft training in a large-force exercise to enhance combat airpower capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Sergio A. Gamboa)

    Legacy, 5th-generation aircraft unite at Checkered Flag

    Checkered Flag 16-1, a large-force exercise which gives a large number of legacy and fifth-generation aircraft the chance to practice combat training together, started here Dec. 10.
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