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B-52 aircrews hone long-range ISR capabilities during PANAMAX 14
Airmen from the 96th Bomb Squadron, prepare a B-52H Stratofortress for takeoff at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, prior to a 15.5-hour sortie to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations Aug. 11, 2014. Assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, the aircraft and seven-person aircrew participated in PANAMAX 2014, an annual U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise designed to provide multinational interoperability training in complex operations. For Air Force Global Strike Command, PANAMAX was an opportunity to familiarize aircrews with the region and train in long-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations – a unique mission set not normally associated with bomber operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rebecca Imwalle/Released)