B-52H repaired with new tail after lightning strike

The replacement tail fitted to 307th BW B-52H 60-0051 at Barksdale AFB on February 1 came from donor aircraft 60-0049, and still carries the ‘OT’ tail code. USAF/MSgt Ted Daigle Areport published on February 6 by the US Air Force’s 307th Bomb Wing (BW) has revealed details of a previously unknown incident involving Air Force Reserve Command B-52H Stratofortress 60-0051 ‘BD’, assigned to its 93rd Bomb Squadron ‘Indian Outlaws’ at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. On December 19 last year,