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First B-52H Conventional Rotary Launcher ready for combat

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B-52 Conventional Rotary Launchers (CRL) were flown out of Barksdale Air Force Base by a C-5M on Nov. 6 to be used for combat overseas.

Airmen assigned to the 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation flight load a conventional rotary launcher onto a Halverson K-loader at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 3, 2017. The CRL was later loaded onto a C-5M Supergalaxy for deployment. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Sydney Campbell)
Airmen assigned to the 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation flight load a conventional rotary launcher onto a Halverson K-loader at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 3, 2017. The CRL was later loaded onto a C-5M Supergalaxy for deployment. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman
1st Class Sydney Campbell)

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F-22s carried out first bombing mission in Afghanistan, targets were Taliban drug labs

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The United States launched a joint operation with Afghan forces to target eight Taliban targets on Nov. 20. B-52s and F-22s bombed seven drug labs and one command-and-control node in northern Helmand province.


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