From our good friends at Airshow Stuff comes this clip of the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress Air Force serial number 61-0007 (CN 464434) performing flybys for the huge crowd of avgeeks at EAA AirVenture 2017. This particular BUFF, Ghost Rider, was the first B-52H to be regenerated from long-term storage with the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) near Tucson in Arizona and returned to fully-operational flying status. Thanks to AirshowStuffVideos for uploading the clip to YouTube. Spoiler alert:  There’s a bonus video down below…

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The 76^th Aircraft Maintenance Group based at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker AFB spent 45,000 man-hours over 19 months transforming the mothballed 56-year-old strategic bomber into the 76^th operational B-52H for Air Force Global Strike Command. Previously assigned to the 23^rd Bomb Squadron (BS) Bomber Barons of the 5^th Bomb Wing (BW) at Minot AFB before spending 8 years at AMARG in Type 1000 storage, the freshest BUFF in the fleet is now assigned to the 69^th BS Knighthawks of the same 5^th BW at Minot once again.

Bonus Video:  Bomber Day at EAA AirVenture 2017 featuring both airworthy Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers and a host of other warbirds as well as a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit and a Rockwell (Boeing) B-1B Bone flying with Ghost Rider!

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