The 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota recently carried out Prairie Vigilance 16-1 by flying 12 B-52 bombers at once in an effort to demonstrate that the squadron could project conventional, or even nuclear, force "anywhere, anytime." The B-52, first flown in the 1950s, is the Air Force's biggest and oldest bomber, but it is still a force to be reckoned with. "Approximately 3,500 Airmen from across the wing demonstrated safe, secure, reliable nuclear-capable weapons standards and procedures," a US Air Force statement said. By now, the Air Force is expertly practiced at deploying the B-52 anywhere in the world in even a moment's notice.
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