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<h1 class="headline | font-weight-bold col"><span>CENTCOM: B-52s
from Minot Air Force Base sent to Middle East Saturday</span></h1>
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<div class="img-wrapper figure-img"><img class="img-fluid
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Stratofortress bombers stationed at Barksdale Air Force to
Minot..."
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<figcaption class="figure-caption">The Air Force relocated B-52
Stratofortress bombers stationed at Barksdale Air Force to
Minot Air Force Base, as part of a standard precautionary
plan, amid the threat of Hurricane Laura.<span class="ml-2">(KFYR)</span></figcaption></figure>
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<div class="authors |"><span class="">By </span><span
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href="https://www.kfyrtv.com/authors/Joe-Skurzewski/">Joe
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22, 2020 at 1:22 AM GMT+1</span><span class="px-2 d-inline">|</span><span
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<p class="text | article-text">MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (KMOT) -
B-52 Stratofortress crews assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot
Air Force Base conducted a “short-notice, long-range mission” in
the Middle East Saturday, according to U.S. Central Command.</p>
<p class="text | article-text">According to CENTCOM, the mission
was intended to “deter aggression and reassure U.S. partners and
allies.”</p>
<p class="text | article-text">The mission comes less than a week
after the Pentagon announced <a
href="https://www.kfyrtv.com/2020/11/17/pentagon-to-cut-troop-levels-to-2500-in-iraq-afghanistan/"
target="_blank">reductions of troops to 2,500 in both Iraq and
Afghanistan</a>.</p>
<p class="text | article-text">According to Bill Urban, a
spokesman for CENTCOM, the bombers integrated with at least four
other national defense elements.</p>
<p class="text | article-text">It’s unclear how many aircraft or
crew members from Minot were involved in the mission.</p>
<p class="text | article-text">Urban said the last U.S. long-range
bomber presence in the Middle East took place earlier this year.</p>
<p class="text | article-text">Minot Air Force Base is one of two
military installations in the United States that houses the
B-52s, the other being Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.</p>
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