South Korea, the United States, and Japan conducted joint aerial training on Sunday near the Korean Peninsula, mobilizing the U.S. Air Force's B-1B strategic bomber. On Thursday, a demonstration of force was held as a warning to North Korea, which carried out provocation action using the ...
“South Korea and the US conducted a joint air drill today with the US Air Force’s B-1B strategic bomber redeployed on the Korean Peninsula,” the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. The military stated that the US supersonic bomber flew over the South’s air ...
The U.S. Air Force flew three B-1 heavy bombers over the East Siberian Sea, north of Russia’s far east, as part of a series of recent maneuvers that the military said Friday are meant to demonstrate American capabilities and ability to support allies, b
The two B-1B bombers from the United States Air Force landed at Luleå Kallax Airbase for the first time in history on June 19.The Americans says in a statement that the arrival of strategic bombers to Sweden highlights U.S. and Swedish cooperation and the ability of U.S. Forces to ...
The US regularly sends bombers to Norway and the neighboring countries of Sweden, Finland, and Iceland through the Bomber Task Force Mission (BTF) for strategic deterrence in the High North. A US B-52 bomber trained in Finnish airspace with Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighters three times...
A pair of US Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers accompanied by fighters from Japan flew near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in a direct message to the North
A B-1B Lancer at Edwards Air Force Base, California, for its final flight. Credit: USAF / Clay Cupit. The Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) in the US has sent the last of 17 B-1B Lancer bombers to a boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. ...
The U.S. Air Force retains two nuclear-capable bombers — the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and Northrop B-2 Spirit— as the B-1 Lancer was converted to conduct conventional missions only as part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.What...
Image: Two US Air Force B-1B bombers, top centre, South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets and US Air Force F-16 fighter jets, bottom left during a joint air drill. Pic: South Korean Defence Ministry/AP "The test-fire clearly proved the reliability of the new major strategic weapon...
Lawmakers also could step in and restrict the Air Force’s ability to retire B-1 or B-2 bombers. Congress’ fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act already pushed the pause button on further B-1 retirements, at least until the end of September 2023, while the B-21 is st...