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Sustainment Presents Hurdle for B-52 Modernization

Sustainment Presents Hurdle for B-52 Modernization
U.S. Air Force personnel inspect a B-52H after its landing at Barksdale AFB, La. on Tuesday.

BARKSDALE AFB, La.--Tail number 60-041 exited its parking spot, "Whiskey 2," early afternoon on Tuesday for a planned five-hour flight to allow crew from the 93rd Bomb Squadron and 11th Bomb Squadron to polish their skills on the B-52H--this one the 41st such aircraft off the Boeing [BA] production line in 1960. Shortly after take-off, co-pilots Lt. Col. James "Hoffa" Bresnahan, the commander of the 11th Bomb Squadron, and Lt. Col. Brandon "Steppen" Wolf, an instructor with the 93rd Bomb…

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