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Maintenance personnel watch the takeoff of a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force, which is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on March 24, 1999. The Stratofortress and its crew are deployed from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress takes off in support of NATO Operation Allied Force.

Maintenance personnel watch the takeoff of a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force, which is the air operation against targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on March 24, 1999. The Stratofortress and its crew are deployed from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

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