B-52 party of four
Published Sept. 10, 2022
By Tech. Sgt. Callie Ware
307th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --
The B-52 Stratofortress Formal Training Unit , operated by the 93rd and 11th Bomb Squadrons here, is scheduled to graduate its first class of air crew this fall using the new curriculum designed to fly the B-52 with four people instead of five.
“This is really the first of a significant, decades-long bow wave of change that’s coming to the B-52,” said Lt. Col. Aaron A. Bohl, 93rd Bomb Squadron commander.
Currently, the bomber has a navigator seat, a radar seat for the weapon systems officer, and an electronic warfare officer seat. In years to come, the B-52 is scheduled to get a new radar, a new set of engines, and a lot more capabilities in its offensive equipment.
With that, Bohl said it will take less people to operate.
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