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STATES B-52 bomber crashes in Guam

A B-52 bomber was left a fiery wreck after crashing at a US air base on the Pacific island of Guam on Thursday but all seven crew escaped unharmed, officials said. The plane aborted on takeoff and caught fire at about 8:30 am on Thursday, Pacific Air Forces public affairs said in an e-mail. It crashed on the flight line of the base. The bomber was deployed to Guam from Minot, North Dakota, as part of the military's continuous bomber presence in the Pacific, the Air Force said.