A B-52 Stratofortress experienced an in-flight emergency in England during a training mission Friday, the Air Force confirmed.
Erica Vega, a spokeswoman for U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, confirmed the emergency in an email Tuesday. The bomber — one of six B-52s from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota that traveled to England in August — landed safely at RAF Fairford without the crew suffering any injuries.
The B-52 was repaired, and has now returned to its home station at Minot, Vega said. USAFE did not say on which day the B-52 returned, or describe the emergency aside from saying it was “general.”
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The U.K. news site Gloucestershire Live reported Monday that the bomber experienced its emergency and sent out an alert on Friday, as it returned from a task force mission to the Baltic Sea.
The other five B-52s returned to Minot on Saturday, the news site reported.
The Minot B-52s conducted multiple training missions in Europe after arriving at Fairford, near Gloucestershire, England, on Aug. 22.
On Aug. 28, the Air Force sent six B-52 Stratofortressess to fly over each of NATO’s 30 members in a single day. The mission, titled ‘Allied Sky,’ was intended to demonstrate NATO solidarity, enhance readiness and provide training opportunities, according to a statement by U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany.
Four bombers, taking off from Fairford, passed over all of NATO’s European members, according to the statement. Two B-52s departing from Minot flew over the United States and Canada.
On Sept. 4, three B-52s flew to Ukraine to train with that nation’s fighters.
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