HEAVILY ARMED B-52s Takeoff from RAF Fairford - Loaded with JDAM Bunker Busters

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HEAVILY ARMED B-52s Takeoff from RAF Fairford – Loaded with JDAM Bunker Busters

RankUpAviation
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Mar 25 2026
Royal Air Force Station Fairford (RAF Fairford)
Watch these two mighty B-52H Stratofortress bombers thunder down the runway at RAF Fairford, fully loaded with GBU-31 JDAM precision-guided bombs (2,000 lb class) under their wings as part of Operation Epic Fury.
In this epic departure:

61-0035 "Witches Brew" – the legendary bomber from the 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB

60-0060 "Iron Butterfly" – another heavyweight from the Bomber Barons, also out of Minot AFB

Shot on location at RAF Fairford, March 2026 during the ongoing US strategic bomber deployment.

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