Two US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, have arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Apr. 9, 2016

Two US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, have arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Apr. 9, 2016. The aircraft will operate in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the air war against ISIS replacing the B-1 Lancers, the last of those returned stateside in January, after a 6-month deployment worth 3,800 munitions on 3,700 targets in 490 sorties. By the way, the B-1s could return to the Mideast this summer after they receive additional cockpit upgrades… Although the B-52s are capable to perform round-trip missions directly from their homebase as demonstrated in May 2015, when two B-52Hs showed their ability to do on a range in Jordan (a 14,000 miles 30-hour trip to drop some 500-lb GBU-38 JDAM – Joint Direct Attack Munition – bombs in an old-fashioned carpet bombing mission) the about 60 years old “Buffs” (Big Ugly Fat Fellas) will be stationed at Al Udeid in Qatar, the first deployment of the Stratofortress in the region after the Gulf War. Dealing with the type of mission the B-52s will carry out in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, it will probably be the same of the B-1s: Close Air Support and Air Interdiction delivering a wide variety of PGMs (Precision Guided Munitions), including JDAMs on ISIS positions. B 52 ISIS qatarUSAF Read the original article on The Aviationist. Copyright 2016. Follow The Aviationist on Twitter. MORE FROM THE AVIATIONIST: Two B-52 strategic bombers have just arrived in Qatar to start pounding ISIS Watch these new photos of a U.S. submarine emerging on the surface of the Arctic Ocean Photos show Finnish Air Force Hornets refueling from U.S. KC-135 during training exercise underway in Finland Here’s the schedule of the Polish Air Force domestic training exercises this year U.S. Coast Guard introduces first C-27J Medium Range Surveillance airplane in the service’s colors SEE ALSO: Here's who'd win in a dogfight between Russia's and the US's top fighter jets NOW WATCH: The Air Force is ready to use an upgraded B-52 bomber to strike ISIS More: The Aviationist Military Defense Qatar FACEBOOK LINKEDIN TWITTER EMAIL PRINT