Posted on 03/26/2003 6:07:15 AM PST by kattracks
Armed B-52 bomber takes off from UK airfield -TV
LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) - An armed American B-52 bomber took off from an airbase in southwest England on Wednesday.
Sky News television showed the bomber, which can carry a massive payload of bombs and up to 20 cruise missiles, lifting off from the Fairford airbase in Gloucestershire shortly before 2:00 p.m. (1400 GMT).
There are 14 B-52s based at Fairford. The planes, which take about six hours to reach the Gulf, have already taken part in several air attacks on Iraq.
RAF Fairford air base - B-52s are smokin' and crossing on missions.
I want to hear about the new highway of death tonight in the post-strike brief.
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