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US Air Force/Kelly White Ghost Rider and Wise Guy, the only B-52 Stratofortress bombers to be resurrected from the Air Force s boneyard, are undergoing maintenance before returning to Minot Air Force Base. Both were retired to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in Arizona and were never to fly again, but they ve been resurrected to bring the fleet back to the Congressionally mandated 76 B-52s. Only two B-52 Stratofortress bombers have been restored out of the Boneyard to be returned to the fleet: Ghost Rider, tail number 61-0007, and Wise Guy, tail number 60-0034. Both aircraft were retired at the 309th AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, where they were supposed to remain to be cannibalized of parts needed by other front-line BUFFs and never to fly again. ....
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 here at the same time and will return to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, North Dakota. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ron Mullan) ....