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1991 US President George H. W. Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert.

A pity I'm not the President. Undoing that decision would be my first official act as commander in chief; what with Russia, China and North Korea jerking our chain these days-still out on Iran Von C's maxim:"whenever possible increase firepower" meets the Russian:"numbers(of B-52's) have a cachet of their own"
The only active operational model of the B-52 is the B-52H. It is currently stationed at two USAF bases, flown by(only) three wings:

• 2d Bomb Wing - Barksdale AFB, Louisiana

11th Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: LA, Gold Tail Stripe) 20th Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: LA, Blue Tail Stripe) 96th Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: LA, Red Tail Stripe)

• 5th Bomb Wing - Minot AFB, North Dakota

23d Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: MT, Red Tail Stripe) 69th Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: MT, Yellow Tail Stripe)

• 307th Bomb Wing (AFRC) - Barksdale AFB, Louisiana

93d Bomb Squadron (B-52H, Tail Code: BD, Blue/Gold Chex Tail Stripe) 343d Bomb Squadron

Originally Posted by Forbes

The need to sustain such a fleet is dictated not only by the role America has assumed as guarantor of global security, but also by the geographical reality that vast oceans separate the U.S. from the rest of the world. It can take warships weeks to traverse such distances, but bombers can get pretty much anywhere in a day. And unlike ballistic missiles, they can be recalled or retargeted en routeToday, the Air Force only has about 160 heavy bombers left to cover the whole world — 76 B-52 Stratofortresses, 63 B-1 Lancers, and 20 B-2 Spirits. Furthermore, on any given day many of them are not ready for combat; they are having on-board equipment replaced, or conducting training missions, or awaiting maintenance. So the actual number of heavy bombers ready to go right now in a crisis is only about a hundred. They’re remarkably resilient and versatile aircraft, but imagine trying to sustain an air campaign on short notice against China for many months with barely a hundred planes — while also covering all the other military commitments America has around the world.

We seriously need to revamp some of the Historic B-52 units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_B-52_Units_of_the_United_States_Air_Force