FlyMag - N° 1 2018

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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
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