Search Continues Following B-52 Crash
A joint-agency search continues for missing crew members following Monday’s crash of a B-52H Stratofortress bomber 25 miles off the northwest coast of Guam. Bodies of two of the six Airmen on board the aircraft have been recovered. Identities of the crew members are being withheld pending family notification.
On scene in a 900-square mile search area are crews with two U.S. Coast Guard vessels and the USS John McCain, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer.
Additionally, Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 and U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron joined a Navy P-3 Orion from Kadena Air Base in Japan. Guam Police and Fire Department rescue units also joined the search.
The aircraft was reported missing at approximately 9:45 a.m. Monday. The bomber was flying a training mission and was scheduled to perform a flyover celebrating Guam’s Liberation Day. There were no weapons or munitions aboard the aircraft. The B-52 was deployed here from Barksdale AFB, La., as part of the DoD’s continuous bomber presence mission in the Pacific.
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