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Combat Command has sent four B-2 bombers from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo., to Andersen AFB, Guam, to assume the next “strategic presence” rotation in the Pacific. The Whiteman aircraft replace Barksdale AFB, La., B-52s, which ended their Guam deployment on a high note. The BUFF aircrews got to drop inert weapons during the rotation’s Koa Lightning exercise over Hawaii. The B-2 force last deployed to Guam in summer 2006.
Air Force depots are not typically meant for quick repair jobs, but during Operation Epic Fury, the service moved some of its stateside heavy maintenance capability forward to fix battle-damaged aircraft closer to the fight.
