Stratofortresses deploy to UK
On the 11th of January the first B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at
Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, landed at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, for a two-week
deployment in the European skies. Erik Bruijns and Mark de Greeuw reports.
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Allied air power over Europe - A Minot based
B-52H 60-0005 MT flanked by two Lankenheath F-15Cs
Photo by the authors
TEXT & PHOTOS - ERIK BRUIJNS AND MARK DE GREEUW