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  • Exclusive: On board a B-52 bomber mission to China’s doorstep

    CNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — On the edge of the East China Sea, CNN was on board a B-52 bomber as it turned northeast – toward Alaska, the US and Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana – when the oil pressure gauge for one of its engines began flickering erratically. Nineteen hours into one of the longest military missions the

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