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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - A B-52H Stratofortress from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., roars down the runway during the rapid launch portion of Prairie Vigilance 09-7 here April 29. Prairie Vigilance is a combined-wing nuclear operational readiness exercise designed to demonstrate safe, secure, reliable nuclear weapons standards and procedures. A sequence of 12 B-52s successfully launched confirming the Air Force’s agile ability to respond when called upon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lee A. Osberry Jr.)


Rapid Launch

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - A B-52H Stratofortress from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., roars down the runway during the rapid launch portion of Prairie Vigilance 09-7 here April 29. Prairie Vigilance is a combined-wing nuclear operational readiness exercise designed to demonstrate safe, secure, reliable nuclear weapons standards and procedures. A sequence of 12 B-52s successfully launched confirming the Air Force’s agile ability to respond when called upon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lee A. Osberry Jr.)

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Tech. Sgt. Lee A. Osberry Jr.
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