戦略爆撃機：B-52H Stratofortress 成層圏の要塞ストラトフォートレス

35th Fighter Wing Public Affairs A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. and six F-16 Fighting Falcon from Misawa Air Base, Japan conducted bilateral joint training with four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 off the coast of Northern Japan Feb. 4, 2020. U.S. Strategic Command’s bomber forces regularly conduct combined theater security cooperation engagements with allies and partners, demonstrating U.S. capability to command, control and conduct bomber missions around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melanie A. Bulow-Gonterman)

A U.S. B-52H Stratofortress prepares to join with Qatar Emiri Air Force Mirage 2000s and U.S. F-35A Lightning IIs to fly in formation over Southwest Asia, May 21, 2019. This flight was conducted to continue building military-to-military relationships with the QEAF. The B-52H is part of the Bomber Task Force deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to defend U.S. forces and interests in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keifer Bowes)

BTF Europe-Eastern Mediterranean A B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., flies over the Mediterranean Sea on a Bomber Task Force Europe mission, Sept. 16, 2020. Bomber Task Force missions familiarize aircrews with conducting operations in various geographic combatant commands’ areas of responsibility to enhance readiness and provide the training necessary to respond to any potential crisis or challenge around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Burt Traynor)

B-52H Stratofortresses land after flying a mission as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 29 July 2021. Talisman Sabre supports the Indo-Pacific Pathways initiative to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and bolstering interoperability with allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force photos by 1st Lt. Ryan Walsh)

B-52H Stratofortresses land after flying a mission as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 29 July 2021. Talisman Sabre supports the Indo-Pacific Pathways initiative to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and bolstering interoperability with allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force photos by 1st Lt. Ryan Walsh)

Airmen assigned to the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load an inert AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile onto a B-52H Stratofortress during a munitions loading exercise July 13, 2016, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The U.S. Pacific Command has maintained a rotational strategic bomber presence in the region for more than a decade. These aircraft and the men and women who fly and support them provide a significant capability that enables U.S. readiness and commitment to deterrence, provides assurances to allies, and strengthens regional security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexa Ann Henderson/Released)

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeremy T. Sloane, left, 36th Wing commander, is briefed on B-52 Stratofortress preflight procedures by U.S. Air Force Capt. Joshua Henry, 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, during exercise Cope North 21 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 12, 2021. Approximately 2,200 personnel and 97 aircraft were brought together for Cope North 21 with the mission to improve combat readiness, increase interoperability between U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force, or Koku-Jieitai. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)

An unarmed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile is released from a B-52H Stratofortress Sept. 22, 2014, over the Utah Test and Training Range during a Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program sortie. Conducted by Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., the launch was part of an end-to-end operational evaluation of 8th Air Force and Task Force 204’s ability to pull an ALCM from storage, load it aboard an aircraft, execute a simulated combat mission tasking and successfully deliver the weapon from the aircraft to its final target. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Roidan Carlson)

OVER NEVADA — A B-52H Stratofortress drops a load of M-117 750-pound bombs during a training run here. During Desert Storm, B-52s delivered 40 percent of all the weapons dropped by coalition forces. The first Gulf War saw the longest strike mission in the history of aerial warfare when B-52s took off from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., launched conventional air-launched cruise missiles and returned to Barksdale — a 35-hour, non-stop combat mission. (U.S. Air Force photo)

B-52 engine replacement Airmen with the 5th Maintenance Squadron and the 99th Civil Engineering Squadron work together to replace a B-52H Stratofortress engine during Red Flag-Nellis 22-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 25, 2022. The 5th MXS is one of 32 units from across the U.S. joint forces, United Kingdom (Royal Air Force) and Australia (Royal Australian Air Force) participating in Red Flag-Nellis 22-1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Richmond)