B-52Hs complete latest European Bomber Task Force deployment

Four US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron/2nd Bomb Wing, at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, deployed to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire have completed Bomber Task Force (BTF) 25-1. The first of the B-52Hs involved headed to Europe on November 5, 2024 and conducted interoperability training with Finnish Air Force F/A-18C Hornets and Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripens before they arrived at Fairford. The deployment in total involved four aircraft: 60-0008/LA blue, 60-0024/LA blue, 61-0010/LA black