AFGSC completes first New START B-52 bomber conversion

A B-52H Stratofortress, 61-1021, assigned to the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command’s 307th Bomb Wing, is the first B-52H bomber to be converted as part of the New START Treaty.

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U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dachelle Melville

The conversion of the first of 30 operational aircraft from across the Global Strike Command was completed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

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