A Air Force B-52 Stratofortress departs after receiving fuel from a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker during a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve July 27, 2017. Despite being in the Air Force inventory for more than 50 years, B-52s can drop precision-guided weapons. The aircraft's payload capacity of 70,000 pounds can include gravity bombs, cluster bombs, precision-guided missiles and Joint Direct Attack Munitions.

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