A B-52 Stratofortress bomber from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 506th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron while conducting a mission at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), Alaska, on Feb. 5, 2019. The JPARC is the Department of Defense’s premier training venue in Alaska with 67,000 square miles that make it one of the largest instrumented air, ground and electronic combat training range in the world. The 23rd EBS is currently deployed from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, in support of
A B-52 Stratofortress bomber from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 506th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron while conducting a mission at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), Alaska, on Feb. 5, 2019. The JPARC is the Department of Defense’s premier training venue in Alaska with 67,000 square miles that make it one of the largest instrumented air, ground and electronic combat training range in the world. The 23rd EBS is currently deployed from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, in support of Indo-Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence operations, which have been ongoing since March 2004. This recent mission is consistent with international law and United States’ long-standing commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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