B-52 Bombers Return to Alaska Following Three-Year Hiatus
B-52 bombers returned to Alaska for the first time in three years Sunday as the Air Force continues to display its capability to send strategic assets on unpredictable missions around the world.
The three Stratofortress bombers from the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., arrived Sunday at Eielson Air Force Base, near Fairbanks, to train with allies, partners and other U.S. services, an Air Force statement said Monday. It did not mention how long the B-52s would remain in Alaska.
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