Sixty years after the big bomber's first flight, a Boeing B-52H Stratofortress of the 96th Bomb Squadron departs Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base for a Red Flag combat training exercise. Air Force Global Strike Command, declaring 2012 the Year of the B-52, celebrated the anniversary by scheduling airshow appearances by crews from the Air Force's two active B-52 units, the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana, and the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.
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