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| Minot BUFFS Deploy to Guam. |
| 2004-02-03 |
| The Air Force will send some heavy bombers to Guam this month to make up for lost firepower in the Pacific as thousands of troops from the region are sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. A spokeswoman at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., said Tuesday that "approximately six" B-52H Stratofortress bombers from the base would deploy to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, sometime in February. Today’s weather forecast, Minot, ND: -6 degrees , Guam: 79 degrees. About three hundred airmen from the base will go with them, Maj. Dani Johnson said. Three hundred very happy airman. Johnson said she did not know the duration of the deployment but said they typically last three months. Defense officials at the Pentagon said other bombers could be sent to the Pacific in the future. "We will stay there as long as they need us," Johnson said. Have fun, remember the suntan lotion. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 During the Vietnam era Mojo? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-3 6:44:10 PM |
| #6 Shipman: Have B-52's been based on other Pacific Islands? You left out Honshu and Kyushu... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-3 6:00:06 PM |
| #5 Just watch out for the snakes. |
| Posted by: bogeybob 2004-2-3 5:20:25 PM |
| #4 This is one of them ‘hard luck’ deployments that the Air force does. I bet they did not lack volunteers to go to Guam in the winter. I had to spend three ‘brutal’ years in Hawaii, two years on Crete Greece, and deployed six times to Nellis AFB NV (a month each). That was the 'good times', won't tell about the bad ones. Each time I went so that others could not. Bon Chance to the Buff crew-dogs and enjoy yourself on the beach. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-2-3 5:09:29 PM |
| #3 especially to a pacific island. Even Guam counts. Have B-52's been based on other Pacific Islands? Tinian? Okinawa I guess.... anywhere else? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-3 3:15:08 PM |
| #2 Izzat still the 5th SBW? Probably not, SAC is gone. Still, never turn down a TDY, especially to a pacific island. Even Guam counts. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-3 2:02:13 PM |
| #1 Somebody's gotta be feeling a bit nervous about this. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-3 1:47:54 PM |