B-1Bs have landed at Misawa Air Base for the Air Force’s first ever Bomber Task Force rotation based in Japan, Pacific Air Forces and Air Force Global Strike Command confirmed.
U.S. B-1 bombers landed in Guam on Jan. 15 for a Bomber Task Force deployment, the first of the new year. Two of the bombers also conducted a trilateral flight alongside Japanese and South Korean fighters on their way to Andersen Air Force Base.
After more than a month of operations that saw 10 B-52s—nearly 15 percent of the entire fleet—operating across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, four have returned to the U.S., with the rest slated to follow in the coming weeks.
U.S. Air Force B-52s are headed to Europe for a Bomber Task Force rotation, Air & Space Forces Magazine confirmed Nov. 5. The deployment is separate from the six B-52s that deployed to the Middle East this weekend to deter Iran and its proxies.
The U.S. is finalizing an agreement to increase its aircraft presence, particularly its bombers, in Australia, part of a raft of developments the two countries discussed during the U.S.-Australia Ministerial Consultations on Aug. 6.
The U.S. Air Force’s Bomber Task Forces have become an increasingly important way of reassuring allies who depend on the American nuclear umbrella, as well as a major tool for power projection, the head of America’s strategic forces said Aug. 16. “It seems as though ...
The U.S. Air Force’s bomber presence in the Indo-Pacific has swelled significantly in the last two weeks, with the arrival of more B-52 Stratofortresses on Guam and B-1 Lancers in Japan. On July 5, B-52s and Airmen from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air ...
Four B-52 Stratofortresses and more than 200 Airmen arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, this week to kick off another Bomber Task Force deployment in the Indo-Pacific. The B-52s, from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrived June 12 and June ...
A “light and lean” contingent of Airmen and B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., deployed to the Indo-Pacific region for a month recently, working on their ability to operate from non-traditional locations and alongside different partners in service of the Air Force’s Agile Combat ...
An undisclosed number of B-1B Lancers arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Oct. 18 for a bomber task force mission in the Indo-Pacific. The B-1B crews from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., will take part in “several” training ...
Multiple B-52 bombers from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrived at RAF Fairford, England, on Aug. 18 as part of a bomber task force mission in Europe, U.S. Air Forces in Europe announced. Flying into Fairford, the B-52s from the 5th Bomb Wing got a ...
RAF FAIRFORD, U.K.—A little more than a decade ago, RAF Fairford was all but abandoned by the U.S. Air Force, the service keeping the small base northwest of London as a designated standby, to be used only in contingencies. Now, however, the base is in ...