Hoggin' up the runway

A B-52H Stratofortress taxis down the runway prior to take off during RED FLAG-Alaska 10-1, Oct. 9, 2009, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A provides participants 67,000 square miles of airspace, more than 30 threat simulators, one conventional bombing range and two tactical bombing ranges containing more than 400 different types of targets. The B-52H is assigned to Minot AFB, North Dakota. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

Minot's BUFFs bring the muscle to RED FLAG-Alaska 10-1

Published Oct. 21, 2009
Minot Air Force Base, N.D.

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A B-52H Stratofortress taxis down the runway prior to take off during RED FLAG-Alaska 10-1, Oct. 9. RF-A provides participants 67,000 square miles of airspace, more than 30 threat simulators, one conventional bombing range and two tactical bombing ranges containing more than 400 different types of targets. The B-52H is assigned to Minot AFB, North Dakota.