B-52 Task Forces Head to Eastern Europe, Alaska June 15, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine and Amy Hudson The Air Force sent groups of B-52s to the Pacific and Europe as bomber task force deployments within two days this week, prompting Russia to intercept one. On June 15, two B-52Hs from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., flew a ...