A retired U.S. Air Force general, who commanded the first B-2 stealth bomber squadron and Minot Air Force Base’s B-52 wing, says the U.S. weekend mission to bomb Iran’s three nuclear sites was “magnificent.” “I think it was a magnificent show of capability of the B-2, literally ...
U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirits prepare to support Operation Midnight Hammer and then return from the operation at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Friday-Sunday. Video courtesy of 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB.
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Nearly six decades after his last flight, retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gary Lee stood on the flightline at Minot Air Force Base, marshaling in the modern iteration of the aircraft he once piloted: the B-52 Stratofortress. Lee, 93, traveled from his home in South ...
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Air Force Global Strike Command presented the results of its Comprehensive Health Risk Assessments for its three active missile bases during a virtual town hall on June 4. The risk assessments, conducted by the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, are an assessment of the risk to human health, particularly the risk of cancer, caused by the presence of chemicals detected during the three rounds of environmental sampling conducted in 2023 and 2024. The assessments determined a range of risk based on occupancy times a notional person ...
