B-52 Stratofortess bombers kicked off yet another Bomber Task Force mission May 20, with the first aircraft touching down at RAF Fairford, U.K., the Pentagon said. The appetite for bomber task force exceeds capacity,” the head of Air Force Global Strike Command Gen. Thomas A. ...
Maj. Gen. Jason T. Hinds has been nominated for a third star and to take over as deputy commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, the Pentagon announced May 8. If confirmed, Hinds would serve as the No. 2 behind Gen. James ...
U.S. Air Force bombers deployed across the globe this past weekend, as two B-52 Stratofortresses landed at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on March 22 and two B-1 Lancers landed at Morón Air Base, Spain, on March 24. The pair of ...
With Sweden poised to officially join NATO in the next few days, the U.S. Air Force celebrated March 6 with a rare double bomber flyover of a B-52 Stratofortress and a B-1 Lancer over Stockholm, accompanied by Swedish Air Force Gripens.
U.S. Air Force bombers have crisscrossed the skies over Europe in recent days, integrating with a host of NATO allies along the way. On Oct. 24, a B-52 from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., conducted a roundtrip flight as part of NATO’s exercise Steadfast Noon. According ...
Multiple B-1B Lancers arrived at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, on Oct. 12, kicking off a Bomber Task Force deployment amid high tensions across the globe. More than 100 Airmen accompanied the B-1s from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, on the deployment, the first Bomber Task Force ...
Ukraine won’t get a basic F-16 capability until at least 2024, and developing proficiency with that aircraft “could be four or five years down the road,” Gen. James B. Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces-Africa, said Aug. 18. Hecker also downplayed ...
The U.S. and its allies intercepted American B-1 bombers coming across the Atlantic toward North America, in a NORAD-led exercise simulating an enemy attack on June 26. During an exercise dubbed Noble Defender, B-1 Lancers that were leaving Europe after a month-long Bomber Task Force ...
A pair U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers kicked off a historic deployment this week, touching down in Sweden on June 19. “This is the first time U.S. bombers have landed in Sweden,” a spokesperson for U.S. Air Forces in Europe told Air & Space Forces ...
A pair of B-1 bombers flew over the North Sea on June 5, joining in on an expansive aerial exercise taking place in the Nordic region. As part of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023, the B-1s from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flew above the USS Gerald ...
Four U.S. Air Force bombers are deploying to Europe as part of a reassurance mission for America's NATO allies. It did not take long for Russia to take note. Two B-1B Lancer bombers “were operating in international airspace in the Baltic Sea region alongside NATO allies ...
The Pentagon released video of a March 14 incident involving a Russian Su-27 fighter and a U.S. Air Force MQ-9, which resulted in the American plane crashing into the Black Sea. The MQ-9 was conducting a surveillance mission when two Su-27 Flankers intercepted it. The ...