5 AMXS team washes the warbird Published March 3, 2017 By Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Airmen from the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron wash a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 14, 2017. It takes the nine-Airman team two days and approximately 10 gallons of soap to wash each jet when it comes in for its routine wash every 120 days. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong)