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B-52's from Minot AFB sent to Middle East [View all]
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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (KMOT) - B-52 Stratofortress crews assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base conducted a “short-notice, long-range mission” in the Middle East Saturday, according to U.S. Central Command.
According to CENTCOM, the mission was intended to “deter aggression and reassure U.S. partners and allies.”
The mission comes less than a week after the Pentagon announced reductions of troops to 2,500 in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to Bill Urban, a spokesman for CENTCOM, the bombers integrated with at least four other national defense elements.
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2020/11/22/centcom-b-52s-from-minot-air-force-base-sent-to-middle-east-saturday/
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