Another B-52 has arrived at Andersen AFB, Guam, to keep up the continuous bomber presence following a ground mishap that severely damaged a Stratofortress last month. The bomber, deployed from Minot AFB, N.D., arrived June 2 at the base, according to photos released by Pacific Air Forces. A B-52 deployed from Minot’s 69th Bomb Squadron on May 19 was severely damaged upon landing after a training mission at Andersen, with all seven crew members escaping without injuries before the bomber was almost completely engulfed in flames. Air Force B-52s deployed at a high rate so far this year, with two more arriving this June 1 at RAF Fairford, England, to kick off a rotation through Europe, according to US Air Forces in Europe. B-52s are also still deployed to the Middle East for the ISIS fight in Iraq and Syria.
Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing helped save 11 airplane crash survivors off the coast of Florida on May 12. The Reserve Airmen were flying an HC-130J Combat King II and an HH-60W Jolly Green II on a routine training flight when a Coast Guard call diverted…