B-52H ‘Wise Guy’ was filmed taking flight at Tinker Air Force Base last week It's being prepared to return to action with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, after a 12-year hiatus from active service Wise Guy is only the second B-52H bomber ever to be regenerated from the famed aircraft cemetery ‘Boneyard’ at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Arizona The bomber was retired in 2008 after logging more than 17,000 flight hours The aircraft was intended to remain in the cemetery to be cannibalized for parts However, it was selected for restoration after the 2016 crash of a B-52 in Guam