Story by Airman 1st Class Robert Hicks | 509th Bomb Wing | 08.15.2023
Whiteman Air Force Base’s Logistics Readiness personnel worked together to deploy the world's only stealth bomber and its support personnel for a bomber task force mission to KEFLAVIK, Iceland....
Story by Capt. Paige Skinner | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.28.2023
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, concluded their rotation as part of a Bomber Task Force Europe mission based at RAF Fairford, June 27, 2023. Before returning to Texas, the bombers flew a final mission over Europe focused on integrating with NATO allies, promoting U.S. and NATO commitment to deterring adversary aggression toward the Alliance....
Story by Senior Airman Josiah Brown | 7th Bomb Wing | 06.27.2023
RAF FAIRFORD, United Kingdom– “I get the unique experience of being embedded in the ops squadron, as opposed to being a Medical Group asset,” said Capt. Tiffany Russell, a flight surgeon assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron....
Story by Capt. Paige Skinner | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.19.2023
Two Air Force B-1B Lancer supersonic strategic bombers from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, landed at Luleå Kallax Airbase, Sweden for the first time in history, June 19, 2023. U.S. Forces have conducted exercises and training in the Arctic region, but the landing fortifies not only the friendship between the U.S. and Sweden, but the collective defense of Europe....
Story by Senior Airman Josiah Brown | 7th Bomb Wing | 06.13.2023
RAF FAIRFORD, United Kingdom– "I think the biggest thing is the ability to have empathy with the enlisted airmen that I'm leading. I've been there, done that kind of thing," said Capt. Kendal Curtis, a B-1B Lancer pilot assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron. "Just knowing how to lead in a way I would have liked to have been led when I was enlisted is beneficial."...
Story by Capt. Paige Skinner | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.12.2023
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas participated in hot-pit refueling at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania as part of German Air Defender 23, June 12, 2023. Hot-pit refueling allows aircraft to stay in the air longer, providing fuel to the fight and minimizing time on the ground. These exercises increase U.S. and partner nation’s ability......
Story by Capt. Daniel de La Fe | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.05.2023
ØRLAND AIR BASE, Norway – U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer supersonic strategic bombers executing Bomber Task Force 2023-3 joined NATO aircraft, June 5, during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 in a counter-maritime mission involving the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Carrier Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 in the High North....
Story by 1st Lt. Christopher Thibeaux-Moore | Minot Air Force Base | 03.20.2023
This week the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, operating out of Morón Air Base, Spain, performed missions in three different areas of responsibility....
