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US to deploy B-52 long range bombers at TIndal Airbase in the NT

B-52 Bomber Airplanes flying at sunset

B-52 Bomber Airplanes flying at sunset Source: Getty / guvendemir/Getty Images/iStockphoto

The United States and Australia are expected to expand the facilities of the Tindal airbase, in the Northern Territory, south of Darwin. The expansion should allow the American forces to deploy the B-52, a long-range bomber that has been called the work-force of the US Air Force.



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