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e 300 airmen and six B-52s from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, La., are now at Andersen AFB, Guam, for the latest four-month “strategic presence” rotation. They replaced airmen and BUFFs from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D. The Barksdale crowd got their first Andersen sorties underway before the last of their B-52s arrived from Louisiana.
Depot-level maintenance took longer than expected for nearly three-quarters of Air Force aircraft from fiscal 2019-2024, according to a new report, as unplanned repairs rise across the aging fleet. The report, from the Government Accountability Office, also found that the extent of the delays has been masked because officials often revise their target timelines after unplanned work occurs.