A B-52H Stratofortress deploys a parachute after landing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 20, 2013. For more than 40 years, the B-52H has been the backbone of the manned strategic bomber force for the United States. It is capable of dropping or launching the widest array of weapons in the U.S. inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Auld)