Submitted Photo A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing takes off at Minot Air Force Base in this Sept. 6, 2023, photo. B-52s have had a critical role in the deterrence mission for the U.S. for more than 60 years. Minot AFB photo.

Upgrades of the B-52 Stratofortress are necessary to give the plane a longer flying life, according to the commander of Eighth Air Force and Joint Global Strike Operations Center.

Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost is the commander of Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center (J-GSOC) at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

In a recent presentation with Houston Cantwell, senior resident fellow with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, an independent, nonpartisan policy research institute in Washington, D.C., Armagost said reenginee

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