Guam – The Aviationist

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

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 […]

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

January 16, 2018 David Cenciotti

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 […]

Three B-2 Stealth Bombers Have Deployed To Guam In Support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Bomber Assurance and Deterrence Mission

January 11, 2018 David Cenciotti

The U.S. Air Force has just deployed three B-2 Spirits stealth bombers to Guam. Three B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers along with approximately 200 Airmen belonging to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, […]

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

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

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 […]