B-52s Drop Live Bombs On Swedish Range On Their Way To European Deployment
August 19, 2022 Military AviationDAVID CENCIOTTI
One of the B-52Hs landing at RAF Fairford on Aug. 18, 2022.
Four B-52 bombers have just deployed to Europe. Two took part in joint drills with Swedish and Norwegian forces over Scandinavia.
On Aug. 18, 2022, four U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers, belonging to the 5th Bomb Wing, from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, landed at RAF Fairford, for a BTF (Bomber Task Force) deployment.
Using radio callsigns, HYLA 11-14, the aircraft were supported by the ABBOT flight of three KC-135s from Pease Air National Guard Base, off the Eastern U.S. coast, before being met by four KC-135s from RAF Mildenhall operating under LAGER callsigns.
The B-52s arrived in the following order:
HYLA12 60-0023
HYLA11 60-0005
HYLA13 60-0034
HYLA14 60-0026
Our friend Ben Ramsay at UK Aviation Movies took the following amazing video of the BUFFs landing at Fairford.
https://theaviationist.com/2022/08/19/b-52s-drop-live-bombs-on-swedish-range-on-their-way-to-european-deployment/
