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U.S. plans to upgrade Tindal airbase, Australia in order to host B-52 bombers

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The United States is planning to build a squadron operations facility, an apron to park six B-52 bombers and a maintenance facility at Tindal airbase in Northern Australia, the local media have reported.

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress conducts a training mission over the Delamere Training Range in Northern Australia during Exercise Pitch Black, Aug. 18, 2016. PB16, a multilateral exercise hosted by Australia from Jul. 29 through Aug. 19, allowed participant nations to exercise deployed units in the tasking, planning and execution of offensive counter air and offensive air support while utilizing one of the largest training airspace areas in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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Growler 515 back in the skies five years after being sidelined due to mid-air collision

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A U.S. Navy EA-18G is back flying again five years after it was grounded after a mid-air collision.

NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (Oct. 28, 2022)– The team that refurbished EA-18G Growler 515, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, poses with the aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI). The aircraft flew its functional check flight on Oct. 17, 2022 at NASWI and will be reentered into service with a forward-deployable squadron in the near future. (U.S. Navy photo)

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