The next rotation of bombers to boost Pacific region security and stability has arrived at Andersen AFB, Guam. A force of six B-52s with aircrews, maintainers, and support staff from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., will make their home at Andersen for the next four months. They are replacing the just departed B-2s from Whiteman AFB, Mo. The Air Force is maintaining regular rotations to Andersen of fighters and bombers.
A three-month continuing resolution that ended in December inflicted less pain on the Department of the Air Force than it had expected, as procurement and construction continue in the new year. The federal government operated under a stopgap spending measure that stretched from the beginning of the fiscal year on…