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B-52 Loses Gravity Bombs, Per Air Force Order

Tuesday, January 14th, 2020

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B-52 Loses Gravity Bombs, Per Air Force Order

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFPN) -- Munitions on display show the full capabilities of the B-52 Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Horstman)

The Air Force officially ended the B52-H’s mission to carry nuclear gravity bombs late last year, according to an updated operating military manual making the rounds online this week. Air Force Instruction 91-111, dated Sept. 5, calls for “removal of B61-7 and B83-1 from B-52H approved weapons configuration.” Hans Kristensen, the Washington-based director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists and compiler of annual reports on U.S. and other nuclear arsenals, linked to the Air Force…

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