The Air Force will send some heavy bombers to Guam this month to make up for lost firepower in the Pacific as thousands of troops from the region are sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. A spokeswoman at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., said Tuesday that "approximately six" B-52H Stratofortress bombers from the base would deploy to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, sometime in February.
Today’s weather forecast, Minot, ND: -6 degrees , Guam: 79 degrees.
About three hundred airmen from the base will go with them, Maj. Dani Johnson said.
Three hundred very happy airman.
Johnson said she did not know the duration of the deployment but said they typically last three months. Defense officials at the Pentagon said other bombers could be sent to the Pacific in the future. "We will stay there as long as they need us," Johnson said.
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