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Additional B-52 aircraft arrive to support Afghanistan drawdown

U.S. Air Forces Central Public Affairs / Published April 26, 2021

Two B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrive April 26, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The two aircraft join the additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. The bombers are deployed to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kylee Gardner)
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Two B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrive April 26, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The two aircraft join the additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. The bombers are deployed to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kylee Gardner)

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrives April 26, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Two B-52 aircraft arrived April 26, joining the additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. The bombers are deployed to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kylee Gardner)
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A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrives April 26, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Two B-52 aircraft arrived April 26, joining the additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. The bombers are deployed to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kylee Gardner)

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrives April 26, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Two B-52 aircraft arrived April 26, joining the additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. The bombers are deployed to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kylee Gardner)
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A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrives April 26, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Two B-52 aircraft arrived April 26, joining the additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. The bombers are deployed to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kylee Gardner)

A B-52H Stratofortress takes off on April 25, 2021 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The bomber is one of two B-52 aircraft that arrived to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 26, joining two additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. The bombers are deployed to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Evan J. Lichtenhan)
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A B-52H Stratofortress takes off on April 25, 2021 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The bomber is one of two B-52 aircraft that arrived to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 26, joining two additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. The bombers are deployed to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Evan J. Lichtenhan)

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AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar --

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 26, 2021. 

The bombers join two other B-52 aircraft that previously arrived to Al Udeid on April 23, 2021. The aircraft are deployed to the U.S. Central Command region to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan. 

U.S. Central Command is committed to providing the necessary force protection to ensure the drawdown is conducted in a safe and orderly manner.
 

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