The Air Force is slowly reducing the number of out-of-service B-52Gs held at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. The bombers count as nuclear delivery platforms under the New START agreement until their airframes are cut up. There were 30 B-52Gs in the Air Force's aircraft "Boneyard" in the Arizona desert still considered as "deployed heavy bombers" under New START counting rules, according to a State Department's fact sheet reflecting the arsenal as of Sept. 1, issued at the end of November. The total was down by six airframes compared to the data in the previous fact sheet published last June, detailing the arsenal's composition through March 1, 2012.
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