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The B-52H bomber nick named “Wise Guy,” sits in post dock nearing completion of its regeneration back to active service, Nov. 19, 2020. The bomber sat in the desert for 10 years at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group’s National-Level Airpower Reservoir located at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and is the second B-52H aircraft to be brought back to active service. The first aircraft was nick named “Ghost Rider” and was regenerated in 2015. Both bombers are her...

US Air Force/Master Sgt. Ted Daigle A B-52H Stratofortress called "Wise Guy" has started flying from Tinker Air Force Base after Programmed Depot Maintenance, as it prepares to return to active service. The bomber was retired in 2008 after more than 17,000 flight hours, but after a B-52 crashed in 2016, "Wise Guy" was selected to return and bring the fleet back to 76 aircraft. "Wise Guy", the B-52H Stratofortress bomber tail number 60-034, is preparing to return to...

US Air Force/Joseph Mather Aircraft undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance are almost completely disassembled and stripped of their paint so technicians can analyze every inch of the aircraft. Its a detailed process meant to find and fix defects so aircraft can be sent back to their home stations like they were (almost) brand new. Last week we published the first video of the B-52 tail number 60-0034, nicknamed "Wise Guy", flying again after undergoing Programmed...

Wise Guy on final at Tinker Air Force Base on Dec. 18, 2020. (All images credit: Rob Stephens / @RedhomeAviation) The B-52 “Wise Guy” is only the second Stratofortress bomber to ever be restored out of the Boneyard to be returned to the fleet. As already reported in detail in this previous article, “Wise Guy” is the nickname of the B-52H Stratofortress bomber tail number 60-0034, that is being prepared to return to service with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, by...

Aircraft undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance are almost completely disassembled, stripped off the paint. Last week we published the first video of the B-52 tail number 60-0034, nicknamed “Wise Guy”, flying again after undergoing Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. As many of our readers noticed, the Stratofortress bomber was completely “naked”, with all the paint stripped off. Although “Wise Guy” is an aircraft that was resurrected, regenerated...

B-52 Wise Guy landing at Tinker AFB after a test (Image credit: screenshot from the YT video by REDHOME AVIATION). B-52H Stratofortress “Wise Guy” has started flying from Tinker Air Force Base after Programmed Depot Maintenance, prepares to return to active service. “Wise Guy”, the B-52H Stratofortress bomber tail number 60-034, is preparing to return to service with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The aircraft was filmed flying from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklah...