Air Force B-52s shatter Vietnam-era records during two-year ISIS deployment
By: Stephen Losey   16 hours ago
More than four decades ago, the Air Force’s iconic B-52 Stratofortress set records as it pounded North Vietnamese targets during Operation Linebacker II.
But during its recently-concluded two-year deployment to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State and Taliban, the BUFF ― or “Big Ugly Fat Fellow†― smashed through those milestones.
According to an April 12 release from U.S. Air Forces Central Command, the 23rd Bomb Squadron from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota last June launched its 400th consecutive B-52 mission without a delay due to maintenance problems.
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