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Long Ranger Review: 2020 in Photos

B-52 Stratofortress bombers depart from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 26, 2020 ahead of Hurricane Laura’s impending landfall. The 307th Operations Group used the natural disaster as a training opportunity, exercising its ability to quickly regenerate aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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Long Ranger Roundup: August in photos

U.S. Airmen prepare to evacuate B-52 Stratofortress bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 26, 2020 ahead of Hurricane Laura’s impending landfall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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Long Ranger Roundup: August in photos

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ben Bowman, 307th Operations Support Squadron director of operations, readies a B-52 Stratofortress for takeoff, Aug. 26, 2020 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Bowan piloted one of nine jets assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing that evacuated in front of Hurricane Laura. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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Hurricane Laura evacuation

U.S. Airmen prepare to evacuate B-52 Stratofortress bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 26, 2020 ahead of Hurricane Laura’s impending landfall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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Hurricane Laura evacuation

A lone B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing sits on the flight line at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 26, 2020. It was one of the last of the unit’s bombers to leave ahead of Hurricane Laura’s arrival the following morning. By Aug. 29, all of the unit’s jets had returned to Barksdale AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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Hurricane Laura evacuation

A U.S. Air Force crew chief assigned to the 11th Aircraft Maintenance Unit touches the wingtip of a B-52 Stratofortress as it taxis for takeoff at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 26, 2020. The jet was being evacuated ahead of Hurricane Laura’s impending arrival. The storm, which hit Louisiana’s coast with winds of 135 mph, still packed gusts of 50 mph when it arrived at Barksdale AFB Aug. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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Hurricane Laura evacuation

U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Wolf, a pilot assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing, begins preparing for takeoff aboard a B-52 Stratofortress at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 26, 2020. Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, hit Louisiana Aug. 27, and forced an evacuation of the bombers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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Hurricane Laura evacuation

U.S. Air Force Maj. Greg Watson, a weapons systems officer assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing, prepares a B-52 Stratofortress for evacuation from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Aug. 26, 2020. The jets were leaving ahead of an anticipated strike by Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm that hit Louisiana the following morning. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
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