U.S. Air Force’s B-52 Flies a +30 Hour Nonstop Mission To Perform A Show Of Force During Ex Eager Lion 19 in Jordan
September 6, 2019 David Cenciotti
Flying from its homebase in the U.S. the heavy bomber once again integrated in the drills. But this time it could tracked online as it flew over Jordan.
A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, took part in a flyover at the combined arms live fire exercise at the end of Exercise Eager Lion 19 in Amman, Jordan, on Sept. 5, 2019.
Eager Lion is a recurring (yearly), 2-week multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, increase interoperability between partner nations, and enhance regional security and stability. It takes place since 2010 and sees the participation of the B-52 heavy bombers, involved in round-robin missions from their bases in CONUS (Continental US) since 2015, when two “Buffs†performed a 30-plus hour, 14,000 mile nonstop mission to the U.S. Central Command area of operations, dropped some 500-lb GBU-38 JDAMs (Joint Direct Attack Munitions) over Wadi Shadiya range, and returned home. A similar mission was carried out in 2016 and 2018 (in 2017, the long range mission was conducted by Ellsworth AFB’s B-1 Lancers.
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