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Four B-52s Arrive in Guam to Support Large PACAF Exercise with Australia and Japan

Feb. 4, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
B-52 bombers from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrived in Guam on Jan. 30, just a few days ahead of Pacific Air Forces’ largest multilateral exercise, Cope North. The long-range bombers assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing landed at Andersen Air Force Base to take ...

At Barksdale, B-52 Crews Are in High Demand—And Looking Forward to Upgrades

Jan. 30, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Starting in the late 2020s, the Air Force’s fleet of B-52 bombers will transform with new engines, a new radar, updated communications and navigation equipment and more. What was the B-52H will become the re-designated, upgraded B-52J. At one of only two operational B-52 bases ...

Collaborative Combat Aircraft for Disruptive Air Warfare 

Jan. 26, 2024 | By Col. Mark Gunzinger, USAF (Ret.)
The Mitchell Institute conducted a wargame and associated studies to assess how a family of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft could increase the lethality, survivability, and capacity of the Air Force’s air superiority forces for operations in highly contested environments.

B-1 Bombers Fly in Second Trilateral Exercise with Japan and S Korea

Dec. 21, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers flew from the mainland U.S. to participate for the second ever trilateral aerial exercise with South Korea and Japan on Dec. 20—the latest in a surge of bomber exercises over the Korean Peninsula in 2023.

B-2 Returning for Rose Bowl Flyover on New Year’s After Missing Last Year

Dec. 19, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
The B-2 Spirit bomber will make its highly anticipated return to the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game in southern California on Jan. 1, 2024—the latest in a series of bomber flyovers of football games this fall and winter.

Getting Ready for the New Test Surge 

Nov. 30, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
Kendall has posited a force of at least 1,000 CCAs, with the first ones ready for duty within the next six years. That timeline demands a robust and fast-paced test program.

B-52s Leave Indo-Pacific, One Joins Exercise with S Korea on the Way Out

Nov. 20, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Two B-52s returned home to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., after a Bomber Task Force deployment to Guam. One of the bombers joined a joint drill with South Korea’s air force on its way home.

WORLD: Modernization: B-52 Pilots Test BUFF’s New Instruments

Nov. 2, 2023
WORLD: Modernization: B-52's get new engines and other upgrades; AWACs to the Boneyard.

PACAF Leaders Visit South Korea Bases and Talk Readiness

Oct. 25, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Pacific Air Forces leaders conducted readiness inspections and spoke about quality of life concerns with Airmen during a sweep of the U.S. Air Force’s two bases in South Korea last week.

US, S. Korea, Japan Hold First Ever Trilateral Air Exercise, with B-52 and Fighters

Oct. 23, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
The air forces of the U.S., South Korea and Japan held their first ever trilateral aerial exercise Oct. 22. One American B-52 bomber and three U.S. F-16s flew alongside two F-15Ks from the Republic of Korea Air Force, and four F-2s from the Japan Air ...

B-52 Stratofortress to Land in South Korea for First Time in Decades

Oct. 16, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
The U.S. Air Force is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-South Korea alliance with a huge display of airpower at the 2023 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition this week. Most notably, a B-52H Stratofortress is slated to land on the Korean Peninsula for ...

New Details of Secret LRSO Missile: Nine Successful Flight Tests in 2022

Oct. 2, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force has provided new details of flight testing the AGM-181 Long Range Standoff nuclear cruise missile, along with details of its financial progress.

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