Wednesday, January 17, 2018

B-52 Bombers, B-2s, And B-1s Have Been Deployed To Guam For The Second Time In History

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B-1s, B-2s and B-52s at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on Aug. 10, 2016. Air Force photo

Military Times: B-52 bombers join B-2s, B-1s in Guam for second time in history

About a week after the Air Force deployed three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Guam, six B-52H Stratofortress bombers joined them on the island Tuesday.

The B-52s from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana deployed to Andersen Air Force Base along with about 300 airmen. The aircraft and personnel will support the U.S. Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence mission, replacing six B-1B Lancer bombers, which are scheduled to return home to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, at the end of this month.

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WNU Editor: This does not happen everyday .... but this is a sign that in the future this may be happening everyday.

2 comments:

fazman said...

I think this and improvements is a build up by stealth.
Trump will hide his hand as much as possible and l don't think you will see a 1990 type overt build up, but behind the scenes the planning,logistics, and weaponry is being readied.

James said...

fazman,
" but behind the scenes the planning,logistics, and weaponry is being readied."
I'm seeing it too.