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How A USAF Wing Is Evolving B-1B Operations While Preparing For B-21

A B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing fires flares during a June 2022 mission in the Pacific.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
One of the U.S. Air Force’s remaining B-1B Lancer wings is working to become an expert in using standoff weapons, even as it is reinventing the base for the upcoming B-21 Raider. The 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, wants to be the Air Force’s expert in using the new AGM-158 Joint Air...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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