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B-52H Crew from Guam Locates Ocean Canoe Crew Gone Adrift in Pacific In A Bomber’s Rare Maritime SAR Mission

July 3, 2018 Tom Demerly 0

In a Dramatic Open Ocean Search an Air Force Crew Finds Paddlers Missing Six Days. The lost canoe was located by the crew from one of the B-52H after it was compared to a similar […]

Ten Years Ago Today The U.S. Air Force Lost Its First B-2 Stealth Bomber During Take Off From Guam. And Here Are Two Videos.

February 23, 2018 David Cenciotti 5

B-2 “Spirit of Kansas” #89-0127 crashed on Feb. 23, 2008. It was the most expensive crash in USAF history. Ten years ago, the U.S. Air Force lost one of its 21 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. […]

Six B-52 Strategic Bombers Deploying To Guam To Replace Six B-1s And Join Three B-2Mes Already There

January 16, 2018 David Cenciotti 8

The U.S. Air Force bomber trio (B-52, B-2 and B-1) currently deployed to Guam: it’s the second time since August 2016. Six B-52H bombers and approximately 300 Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, are […]

U.S. B-1 Lancer Bombers Escorted By F-15 Jets Fly East Of North Korea, North Of The DMZ: Four Reasons Why This Time It Is Interesting.

September 23, 2017 David Cenciotti 22

This is the farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) any U.S. fighter or bomber aircraft have flown off North Korea’s coast in the 21st century. On Sept. 23, hours after the latest threats from […]

Interesting Video Shows Misawa F-16 Deployed To Guam Escorting A B-1 Lancer Bomber And Dropping Weaponry

September 4, 2017 David Cenciotti 0

Here’s Some Cool Footage From The 14th Fighter Squadron, from Misawa Air Base, Japan. Filmed during the two summer 2017 deployments, the video in this post shows the U.S. Air Force F-16s of the 14th […]