DefenceTalkB-1B Lancer bombers and airmen with the 7th Bomb Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, deployed here Feb. 6 in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence mission. The 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is taking over operations from the 34th EBS, based at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. This marks the second […]https://www.defencetalk.com/texas-based-b-1s-assume-pacoms-continuous-bomber-presence-mission-69090/

DefenceTalkIn order to keep the B-1B Lancer’s capabilities ready to operate now and well into the fast-paced integrated battlefield of the future, the 419th Flight Test Squadron began testing Sustainment Block 16A software upgrades here April 1, to work in conjunction with the long-range bomber’s recently added glass cockpit configuration. The SB 16A software is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-1b-software-upgrade-will-ensure-future-warfighting-capabilities-59351/

DefenceTalkA B-1B bomber out of South Dakota’s Ellsworth Air Force Base crashed in a remote area of southeastern Montana on Monday but the four crew members survived, Air Force officials said. The two pilots and two weapons system officers ejected from the aircraft before the bomber crashed near Broadus, Mont., said Col. Kevin Kennedy, commander […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-1-bomber-out-of-sd-crashes-in-mont-crew-ejects-48793/