Stratofortress participates in Green Flag
1st Lt. Reed Elsbernd, left, and Capt. Matthew Gray, right, 20th Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress pilots, fly during a Green Flag-East training mission over Fort. Polk, La., Aug. 21, 2013. The B-52 is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000 feet. It can carry a variety of weapons including nuclear and precision guided conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability. Gray's hometown is Fort Thomas, Ky. and Elsbernd's hometown is Macon, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)