Good Morning everyone
OT but this how you are able to tell when a B-52 live combat sortie is taking place in OIR 😂
Sorry for the OT's from me: the missing B-52, which I mistakenly thought #0037 was the missing bird, is incorrect.
B-52H Stratofortress reg. 61-0040 "Spirit of Minot", 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, ND.
This BUFF was also one of the first BUFF's to launch ALCM's in OIF, from RAF Fairford in 2003.
Today it was seen taking part in the Bahrain Airshow 2024, must have flown from AUAB (and probably another one headed straight into combat), I assume that's why the LiveATC feed's were turned off.
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