{"id":18604,"date":"2023-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18604"},"modified":"2023-07-13T06:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T06:41:57","slug":"b-52-stratofortresses-return-to-indo-pacific-for-btf-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18604","title":{"rendered":"B-52 Stratofortresses return to Indo-Pacific for BTF missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Air Force\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/104465\/b-52h-stratofortress\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>B-52 Stratofortresses<\/strong><\/a> assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barksdale.af.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Barksdale Air Force Base<\/strong><\/a>, Louisiana, landed at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersen.af.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andersen AFB<\/a><\/strong>, July 5.<\/p>\n<p>Bomber Task Force missions demonstrates the credibility of U.S. forces to address global security environments that are more diverse and uncertain than ever before.<br \/><!--image-->\n    <\/p>\n<p><!--media-inline--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bomber Task Force is designed to enhance the high-end readiness of the bomber force while also advancing our interoperability with allies and partners,\u201d said Lt. Col. Jared Patterson, 20th EBS commander. \u201cEach mission flown further demonstrates our ability to provide agile combat ready forces and long-range strike capabilities to combatant commanders around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout this deployment, the B-52s will actively train during operations and exercises while integrating alongside allies and partners throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>BTF missions actively enable strategic bombers to operate with greater operational resilience from various overseas and continental U.S. locations, supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2022\/Oct\/27\/2003103845\/-1\/-1\/1\/2022-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY-NPR-MDR.PDF\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>National Defense Strategy<\/strong><\/a> objectives of building enduring advantages and integrated deterrence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom those maintaining or flying these bombers to those behind the scenes enabling the mission, our ability to credibly assure allies and deter adversaries requires every Airman out here,\u201d Patterson said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-split ntext breakout \">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<section class=\"ast-brandedhr\">\n<div class=\"ast-brandedhr-line\">\n<p>                <title>U.S. Air Force Logo<\/title><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Air Force\u00a0B-52 Stratofortresses assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, landed at Andersen AFB, July 5. Bomber Task Force missions demonstrates the credibility of U.S. forces to address global security environments that are more diverse and uncertain than ever before. \u201cThe Bomber Task Force is designed to enhance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18607,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18604\/revisions\/18607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}