BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — If you’ve noticed a brighter look to the B-52s that fly overhead, you may have been wondering about the different paint job.
Technically, the B-52 Stratofortress that’s been spotted is part of the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron. It’s sporting a test orange paint scheme unveiled last fall where the 49th is based, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
One of its planes is now spending time at Barksdale Air Force Base, alongside the normal grey planes of the 2nd Bomb Wing and the Reserve Command’s 307th Bomb Wing…