DefenceTalkJOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM: Six B-52H Stratofortress bombers and approximately 300 Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, are deploying to Andersen AFB, Guam, in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission. The Stratofortresses, last deployed to the region in July 2016, will assume responsibility for USPACOM’s CBP operations near the end of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-52-bombers-return-to-pacific-71086/

DefenceTalkAir Force Global Strike Command took delivery of a significantly enhanced Boeing B-52H Stratofortress in a ceremony here, April 25. The B-52H spent the previous 10 months at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., being refitted with the Combat Network Communications Technology, or CONECT, upgrade. This modification is designed to greatly improve the aircraft’s utility in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-gets-first-upgraded-b-52h-bomber-59455/