1st Lt. Tanner Devotie stands in front of a B-52 bomber at Fairchild Air Force Base, on August 17, 2022. Four B-52 bombers landed at Fairchild on August 16, 2022 to participate in Barksdale Air Force Base’s Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise. ACE exercises enhance U.S Air Force airpower survivability and reliance. (Sidiq Moltafet/The Spokesman-Review)
Defence-Blog: US Air Force B-52 bombers return to Fairchild
The U.S. Air Force has announced that its B-52 Stratofortress returned to Fairchild Air Force Base after 10+ years.
According to a press release from the 92d Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs, four B-52H Stratofortresses from Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, will land at Fairchild AFB, August 16-19 to participate in an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise.
This will be the first time a B-52H has conducted operations at Fairchild since its runways were refurbished 12 years ago.
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Update #1: ‘It keeps you sharp because it’s older’: B-52s arrive at Fairchild for four-day exercise (The Spokesman-Review)
Update #2: US deploys nuke-capable B-52 bombers to UK (American Military News)
WNU Editor: The exercises have since ended and these 4 B-52s have returned to the U.S..
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