The Air Force wants to generate a single system that can accommodate mission planning for all three USAF bombers—B-1B, B-2, and B-52. The service has turned to a team led by Boeing, with BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, and USAF’s Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, to develop the new system under a $153 million mission planning enterprise contract.
All 12 American bombers deployed in Britain rapidly returned to the U.S. on Oct. 4 following security concerns about a potential Iranian threat to their base in the U.K.