Posted: 04/01/2015
A B-52H Stratofortress from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., breaks away after receiving fuel from a New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker April 2, 2015, near the eastern coast of Canada. The B-52H was returning home after supporting a U.S. Strategic Command-directed mission to the Arctic and North Sea regions called Polar Growl. (Air National Guard photo/Airman Ashlyn J. Correia)