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  • Never forgotten: Team Andersen honors fallen comrades

    A ceremony was held May 28, 2016, in Adelup, Guam, to honor the six B-52 Stratofortress aviators who lost their lives during a training mission July 21, 2008. The six aviators, from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, were slated to participate in a flyover for Guam's Liberation Day Parade.

  • B-52 integrates, trains with French allies

    A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, conducted a long-range training sortie April 20, to train and integrate with the French air force.

  • AFGSC practices Constant Vigilance

    Air Force Global Strike Command participated in Constant Vigilance April 11-15, an annual exercise that tests its ability to conduct both conventional and nuclear operations.

  • AFSOUTH heads to Chile for largest air and space fair in Western Hemisphere

    More than 65 Airmen from around the U.S. are scheduled to participate in a variety of activities during the week-long air show that includes aerial demonstrations, interaction with the local community, and subject matter expert exchanges with the Chilean air force. “AFSOUTH has built relationships

  • 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

  • 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.