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According to a variety of news sources, a B-52H Stratofortress went down at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam this morning at around 0830 local time.
The cause of the crash is unknown so far, and an investigation has been initiated.
What we do know, however, is that all seven crew aboard the Stratofortress were able to safely egress from the stricken aircraft, and that the aircraft seems to be a complete loss.
This particular B-52 belonged to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, whose parent unit is the 5th Bomb Wing, based at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.
The B-52s from Minot were deployed on a six month rotation as part of US Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence (CBP) mission, which has been hosted since 2004 at Andersen AFB, allowing for rapid deployments of the aircraft to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region should the need arise.

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