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Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER 27 - Another B-52 Sortie

Overnight, another B-52 sortie from Minot AFB (KMIB) as part of the @US_STRATCOM exercise flew up into Canada. The two bombers took differing routes, one flying north-west towards Alaska, while the other went north towards the Arctic Sea:

B-52H 60-0005 #AE5870 (MT 5BW) "Warbirds"
B-52H 60-0042 #AE5888 (BD) "Red Gremlin II"

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EXERCISE GLOBAL THUNDER 27 - US STRATCOM OPS

A pair of B-52H "Stratofortress" bombers departed Minot AFB (KMIB) last night as "HUSH11" and "HUSH12" for a STRATCOM exercise flight to northern Europe. Due to some sort of mechanical fault, only "HUSH11" continued with the sortie.

It refuelled initially in AR-62E with a flight of 3x KC-46s as "FLAM67" flight flying from Pease (KPSM), before proceeding eastwards and meeting with "LAGER10" flight from RAF Mildenhall (EGUN) earlier this morning.

B-52H "HUSH11" TBC (MT)
KC-46A "FLAM67" 17-46032 #AE5E0D
KC-46A "FLAM68" 18-46039 #AE5F92
KC-46A "FLAM69" 23-46120 #AF9E2A
KC-135R "LAGER10" 63-8878 #AE05B1
KC-135R "LAGER11" 62-3510 #AE068B

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