B-52s Fly Direct to Middle East for 4th Time in 2 Months Jan. 7, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine Two B-52s flew a direct, 36-hour round-trip flight from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to the Persian Gulf this week in the latest of a series of task force missions to the region. The B-52Hs from the 5th Bomb Wing took off from Minot on ...