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B-52s Take Off from US Base with JASSM Cruise Missiles for ‘Unique’ Exercise

June 26, 2024 | By Chris Gordon
Airmen from Barksdale Air Force Base's 2nd Bomb Wing carried out an unusual exercise June 10-13 during which they loaded AMG-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles, or JASSMs, onto B-52H Stratofortresses to test their ability to conduct long-range conventional airstrike missions.

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