Minot ‘BUFFs’ visit RAF Fairford

Allied air power over Europe: Minot-based B-52H 60-0005 ‘MT’, named ‘War Birds’, flanked by two F-15Cs from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, on January 19. Erik Bruijns and Mark de Greeuw AIR FORCE Global Strike Command (AFGSC) deployed four B-52H bombers and around 300 airmen to RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire in January. The aircraft, from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, conducted theatre integration and flying training. According to an AFGSC press release: “The purpose of the deployment