The B-52 could rise again, this time to fight ISIS
The B-52 Stratofortress could begin dropping bombs on the Islamic State group come April.
The bombers would be headed to the Central Command area of operations to replace the B-1 Lancers, the last of them returning in January.
"While the B-1s will be receiving much needed modernization and maintenance, the venerable B-52, with its similar capacity and accuracy and endurance, remains ready and able to meet combatant commander requirements," Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said at an Air Force briefing on March 7.
"Now, we're waiting for final approval, but there have been recent infrastructure improvements that now allow the necessary support to deploy the B-52 in theater," she said.
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