U.S. Air Power B-1B Lancers landed at Andersen Air Power Base, Guam, October 18. That is the second time Andersen welcomed the Lancers for a Bomber Activity Power mission this yr, demonstrating the bomber’s capability to quickly deploy wherever, anytime, and supply deadly precision world strike choices for combatant commanders. Earlier this yr, 4 B-1s returned from Andersen the place they carried out a mess of missions. These missions included aerial integration with the Japan Air Self-Protection Power and a sizzling pit refueling operation with the Royal Australian Air Power (RAAF) at RAAF Base Darwin; a B-1B Lancer first. This time, the Lancers will companion with extra Allies for a number of coaching missions within the Indo-Pacific.

A U.S. Air Power B-1B Lancer assigned to the thirty seventh Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Power Base, South Dakota, lands at Andersen Air Power Base, Guam, in assist of a Bomber Activity Power mission, October 18, 2022. (U.S. Air Power photograph by Senior Airman Yosselin Campos)

“This Bomber Activity Power demonstrates continued U.S. dedication to the Pacific. Not solely does it present our B-1 aircrew invaluable coaching alternatives with vital Allies and companions, but it surely additionally indicators our nation’s unwavering assist to them,” stated Col. Joseph Sheffield, twenty eighth Bomb Wing commander.

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“Bomber Activity Power deployments and missions present key assurances and cooperation with joint and companion Allies within the area. The B-1 is an particularly succesful platform on this area, with the ability to journey giant distances and bear important firepower with precision and standoff munitions,” stated Lt. Col. Daniel Mount, thirty seventh Bomb Squadron director of operations.

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer, assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, taxis through a clean water wash station at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after arriving for a Bomber Task Force mission, Oct. 18, 2022.
A U.S. Air Power B-1B Lancer, assigned to the thirty seventh Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Power Base, South Dakota, taxis by a clear water wash station at Andersen Air Power Base, Guam, after arriving for a Bomber Activity Power mission, October 18, 2022. (U.S. Air Power photograph by Senior Airman Yosselin Campos)

This time, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bombers will companion with extra Allies for a number of coaching missions within the Indo-Pacific. These missions assist the 2018 Nationwide Protection Technique goals of strategic predictability and operational unpredictability, enabling strategic bombers to function ahead from a broad array of abroad and continental U.S. areas with higher operational resilience. Bomber Activity Power missions improve readiness for a wide range of Air Power career-fields, coaching Airmen to answer any potential disaster or problem within the Indo-Pacific. These career-fields work concurrently, typically throughout disciplines, to finish the mission.

Airmen assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing recieve a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, after landing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of a Bomber Task Force mission, October 18, 2022.
Airmen assigned to the twenty eighth Bomb Wing recieve a U.S. Air Power B-1B Lancer assigned to the thirty seventh Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Power Base, South Dakota, after touchdown at Andersen Air Power Base, Guam, in assist of a Bomber Activity Power mission, October 18, 2022. (U.S. Air Power photograph by Senior Airman Yosselin Campos)

The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber utilized by the USA Air Power. It’s generally referred to as the “Bone” (from “B-One”). After a protracted collection of research, Rockwell Worldwide (now a part of Boeing) gained the design contest for what emerged because the B-1A. This model had a high velocity of Mach 2.2 at excessive altitude and the potential of flying for lengthy distances at Mach 0.85 at very low altitudes. The mix of the excessive price of the plane, the introduction of the AGM-86 cruise missile that flew the identical fundamental velocity and distance, and early work on the stealth bomber all considerably diminished the necessity for the B-1. It’s considered one of three strategic bombers serving within the U.S. Air Power fleet together with the B-2 Spirit and the B-52 Stratofortress as of 2022.