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Minot AFB airmen deploy in support of Indo-Pacific Bomber Task Force exercise

Submitted Photo U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bethany Jones, left, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Peter James Olandez, right, 23rd Expeditionary Bomber Generation Squadron crew chiefs from Minot Air Force Base, perform post-flight maintenance on a B-52H Stratofortress after a Bomber Task Force mission at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, last week. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vincent Padilla.
Submitted Photo A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Minot Air Force Base receives post-flight maintenance after a Bomber Task Force mission at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, last week. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vincent Padilla.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – A Bomber Task Force deployment of multiple U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, airmen and support equipment from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Minot Air Force Base arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam last week.

This deployment is in support of Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with allies, partners and joint forces and strategic deterrence missions to reinforce the rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific region.

The BTF missions enable different types of strategic bombers to operate in the Indo-Pacific region from a broad array of overseas and continental U.S. locations with greater operational resilience.

This deployment includes support for regional joint events. The U.S. Air Force uses cutting-edge capabilities to integrate with other Department of Defense components, its allies and partners in delivering air power worldwide.

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