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TexasTowelie

(112,090 posts)
Fri May 17, 2019, 04:42 AM May 2019

B-52 bomber moved from Davis-Monthan's boneyard to return to service

A B-52H Stratofortress bomber built in the early 1960s and put into retirement in the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base more than 10 years ago is returning to service.

A crew on Tuesday flew the plane nicknamed “Wise Guy” to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana from Tucson where it had been in the sprawling aircraft storage area, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at D-M.

Officials said it was the bomber’s first flight since 2008 and only the second time that a B-52H has been taken from the storage area and returned to service.

According to news report, the bomber is destined for the 307th Bomb Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit that flies both the B-1B and B-52 bombers.

Read more: https://tucson.com/news/local/b--bomber-moved-from-davis-monthan-s-boneyard-to/article_cc49821b-db2c-5454-bead-41004491d97b.html

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B-52 bomber moved from Davis-Monthan's boneyard to return to service (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
I was wondering if Trump & Bolton were woodsprite May 2019 #1
What's next? Battleships? Dennis Donovan May 2019 #2
I saw the article TexasTowelie May 2019 #3

woodsprite

(11,910 posts)
1. I was wondering if Trump & Bolton were
Fri May 17, 2019, 05:58 AM
May 2019

Going to put the Enola Gay back into service. Now it seems they’re just planning on using a different name.

TexasTowelie

(112,090 posts)
3. I saw the article
Sat May 18, 2019, 04:06 AM
May 2019

and wondered why it wasn't getting more press coverage? It certainly is a prelude to war, The other question is which country we are planning to bomb?

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