WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
Air Force Global Strike Command, in a strategic partnership with Air Force Materiel Command (https://www.afgsc.af.mil/) and the Defense Logistics Agency (https://www.dla.mil/), has launched the "North Star Readiness Campaign," a sweeping initiative aimed at increasing the number of mission-capable B-52 Stratofortress (https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104465/b-52h-stratofortress/) and B-1 Lancer (https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104500/b-1b-lancer/) aircraft.
The campaign is a direct response to the strategic imperative of maintaining a ready and available U.S. bomber ...