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Minot Air Force Base to activate new B-52 squadron
Associated Press ^
| Aug 27, 2009
Posted on 09/03/2009 3:52:41 PM PDT by george76
Minot Air Force Base is preparing to activate a new B-52 bomber squadron that will send 10 more B-52s to the North Dakota base.
The new unit will be the fourth B-52 squadron in the Air Force. Minot base already has one squadron and Barksdale Air Force Base has the other two B-52 units. The Air Force has not said whether the planes will be transferred from Barksdale or taken from backup aircraft.
Air Force officials say adding the new squadron at Minot is part of plans to put a stronger emphasis on nuclear mission training for B-52 units.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktbs.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: Alaska; US: Louisiana; US: North Dakota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aerospace; airforce; b52; bombers; buff; minotafb; usaf
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posted on
09/03/2009 3:52:41 PM PDT
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george76
To: george76
"....a new B-52 bomber...."
Cool, those Model Hs were getting long in the tooth.
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posted on
09/03/2009 3:53:49 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Paladin2
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posted on
09/03/2009 3:55:54 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
To: george76
Air strikes planned on Freepers and town hall mobs?
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posted on
09/03/2009 3:56:11 PM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: Paladin2
lol! My grandfather flew them in Vietnam.
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posted on
09/03/2009 3:56:19 PM PDT
by
neodad
(This tagline reported to flag@whitehouse.gov)
To: CholeraJoe
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posted on
09/03/2009 3:57:33 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
I suppose we need something to give up when we disarm.
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posted on
09/03/2009 3:58:59 PM PDT
by
depressed in 06
(Idiotcracy has arrived 400 years early.)
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To: george76
new B-52 bomber I've got the plans right here...
To: neodad
I heard of reports of B-52 pilot discovering by aircraft serial number that his grandfather flew the very same aircraft. It would be possible I guess, but I have not seen any actual story to verify it.
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posted on
09/03/2009 4:03:23 PM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: F15Eagle
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posted on
09/03/2009 4:07:14 PM PDT
by
KeyLargo
To: KeyLargo
One of James Earl Jones first movies.
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To: KeyLargo
The B-52 doing nuclear missions?
Riiiiiiiiiiiiggggggghhhhhhhtttttttt!
Unless it's carrying a Cloaking Device, the B-52 couldn't get to its target now in a nuclear environment in a Month of Sundays. It's radar signature must be off the chain!
"Now if you take a big plane like a 52, see..."
Teh Won's cancellation of the B-3 will have serious effects for strategic air down the line.
Best,
Chris
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posted on
09/03/2009 4:13:02 PM PDT
by
section9
To: george76
This is too funny. They are finally going to make a squadron of the bombers they have been keeping up to date but supposedly not in the active inventory.
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posted on
09/03/2009 4:18:29 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn - Senate 2010 ! Take Back the House/Senate! Stop ZERO!)
To: section9
Between the electronic countermeasures and the nuke-tipped cruise missiles, a B-52 is very difficult to defend against.
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posted on
09/03/2009 4:20:50 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Squantos
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posted on
09/03/2009 4:21:40 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: george76
Mebe they got a plan to bomb the $h!t out of Afghanistan. A little more rubble, a lot less trouble.
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posted on
09/03/2009 4:23:15 PM PDT
by
ArtyFO
(I love to smoke cigars when I adjust artillery fire at the moonbat loonery.)
To: KeyLargo
Loved that...I need to get the DVD....only have it on VHS...been many years since I watched it....
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posted on
09/03/2009 4:23:18 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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