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To: gaijin

The USAF has only two active wings of B-52s - 2nd Bomber Wing at Barksdale and 5th Bomber Wing at Minot.


16 posted on 05/18/2014 5:10:35 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Kirkwood
The USAF has only two active wings of B-52s - 2nd Bomber Wing at Barksdale and 5th Bomber Wing at Minot.

I'm going to guess that there are only about 100 Buffs H models in the active inventory...

Time to go looky look. :-0) ...

Even less than 100, and according GlobalSecurity.org, we have 76 Buffs in service:

"... To address this issue, the Air Force will add five additional B-52 attrition reserve aircraft, bringing the B-52 total from 71 to 76 for a total bomber force of 190. The B-52 fleet will remain the same with 44 combat-coded aircraft. ...."

Only 44 "combat-coded" ?

19 posted on 05/18/2014 5:32:52 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Kirkwood

I thought there was a wing at Grand Forks, too.


40 posted on 05/18/2014 9:17:00 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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