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US Air Force (USAF) Crew chiefs from the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), man their B-52H Stratofortress bombers during a "Cartridge Start" which provides the quickest method of starting the engines

US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress bombers from the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), stand ready to launch during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

US Air Force (USAF) Crew Chiefs of the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), launch their B-52H Stratofortress bombers in Minimal Interval Takeoffs (MITO's) during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

US Air Force (USAF) Crew Chiefs of the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), launch their B-52H bombers in Minimal Interval Takeoffs (MITO's) during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress bomber from the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), stands ready to launch during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress bomber from the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), stands ready to launch during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 2nd Bomb Wing is enveloped in smoke as a starter cartridge starts its engines during an Operation Readiness Exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Oct. 29, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Trina Flannagan) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Fire Department (FD) personnel participate in a B-52 Stratofortress bomber crew extraction exercise. The Airmen are assigned to the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52's Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing (BW) flies during an alert force response and rapid launch exercise conducted from Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota. The exercise tested the wing's ability to rapidly launch nine of its heavy bomber aircraft

US Air Force (USAF) Crew chiefs from the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), man their B-52H Stratofortress bombers during a "Cartridge Start" which provides the quickest method of starting the engines

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Barksdale Air Force Base

State: Louisiana (LA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Trina Flannagan, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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