{"id":29074,"date":"2016-04-09T13:14:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T13:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:47:08","slug":"b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This story originally published on April 9 at 9:14 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Saturday\u00a0joining Operation Inherent Resolve, the American-led campaign against the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deployment marks the first time the Air Force will use\u00a0the Cold War-era warplanes\u00a0\u2014 from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana\u00a0\u2014\u00a0in the counter-ISIS fight in Iraq and Syria. The service did not disclose the exact number of\u00a0bombers it deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The B-52 will provide the coalition continued precision and deliver desired airpower effects,&#8221; <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">\u00a0<\/span>Lt. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., commander of\u00a0U.S. Air Forces Central Command and Combined Forces Air Component, said in a release.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=3cda3093-0259-4975-ba7d-26cccbfc5f8c\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">B-52s arrive at Al Udeid Air Base<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As a multi-role platform, the B-52 offers diverse capabilities, including delivery of precision weapons and the flexibility and endurance needed to support the combatant commander&#8217;s priorities and strengthen the coalition team.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BUFFs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There have been recent infrastructure improvements that now allow the necessary support to deploy the B-52 in theater,&#8221; Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said at an Air Force briefing on March 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being in the Air Force inventory for more than 50 years, BUFFs<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">\u00a0the aircraft, affectionately known as the &#8220;Big Ugly Fat Fellow,&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0can drop precision-guided weapons.\u00a0The aircraft&#8217;s payload capacity of 70,000 pounds can\u00a0include<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">s<\/span>\u00a0gravity bombs, cluster bombs, precision-guided (cruise) missiles and Joint Direct Attack Munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is focusing on a modernization effort to make sure the B-52s stay flying for years to come, potentially as late as 2040, officials have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The last time B-52s were in theater, they deployed to Jordan for\u00a0Exercise Eager Lion, a CENTCOM-led <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">multilateral <\/span>exercise in <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Jordan in <\/span>May 2015, the release said.\u00a0The aircraft last flew\u00a0operationally in 2006 during Operation Enduring Freedom<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> in May 2006<\/span>; BUFFs\u00a0were also\u00a0based in Saudi Arabia supporting Operation Desert Storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;re going to keep the B-52 around. It provides some missions for us that are hard to replicate, primarily the range and payload the airplane provides,&#8221; Lt. Gen. James &#8220;Mike&#8221; Holmes, the deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, told Air Force Times on\u00a0Feb. 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Oriana Pawlyk covers\u00a0deployments, cyber,\u00a0Guard\/Reserve, uniforms,\u00a0physical training,\u00a0crime and operations in the Middle East and\u00a0Europe\u00a0for Air Force Times. She was the Early Bird Brief editor in 2015. Email her at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:opawlyk@airforcetimes.com\">opawlyk@airforcetimes.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story originally published on April 9 at 9:14 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":67,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[16,67],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1640],"class_list":["post-29074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-your-air-force"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"Y4BIRXZUCVGZZIZNUYW32LYVRE","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS - Air Force TImes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This story originally published on April 9 at 9:14 a.m.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This story originally published on April 9 at 9:14 a.m.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Air Force TImes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-09T13:14:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T20:47:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oriana Pawlyk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oriana Pawlyk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2016-04-09T13:14:45+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T20:47:08+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 398,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"News\",\n\t                \"Your Air Force\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS - Air Force TImes\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2016-04-09T13:14:45+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T20:47:08+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"This story originally published on April 9 at 9:14 a.m.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/09\\\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"News\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"news\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Your Air Force\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/news\\\/your-air-force\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"your-air-force\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 4,\n\t                    \"name\": \"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Air Force TImes\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Independent News For Airmen | Air Force Times\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Air Force TImes\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/air-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/air-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Air Force TImes\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/airforcetimes\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS - Air Force TImes","description":"This story originally published on April 9 at 9:14 a.m.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS","og_description":"This story originally published on April 9 at 9:14 a.m.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/","og_site_name":"Air Force TImes","article_published_time":"2016-04-09T13:14:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-07T20:47:08+00:00","author":"Oriana Pawlyk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Oriana Pawlyk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS","datePublished":"2016-04-09T13:14:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T20:47:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/"},"wordCount":398,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg","articleSection":["News","Your Air Force"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/","name":"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS - Air Force TImes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2016-04-09T13:14:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T20:47:08+00:00","description":"This story originally published on April 9 at 9:14 a.m.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2016\/04\/09\/b-52s-arrive-in-qatar-to-join-bombing-campaign-against-isis\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/","ad_zone":"news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Your Air Force","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/","ad_zone":"your-air-force"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"B-52s arrive in Qatar to join bombing campaign against ISIS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/","name":"Air Force TImes","description":"Independent News For Airmen | Air Force Times","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#organization","name":"Air Force TImes","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/air-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/air-logo-white.png","caption":"Air Force TImes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Air Force TImes","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635957890155747374-2512732jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29079,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29074\/revisions\/29079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29074"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=29074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}