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Arabia
Bones to the sandbox...
2019-10-27
​[Air Force Magazine] An undisclosed number of B-1B Lancer bombers touched down at Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia, their first deployment to the Middle East since they left the region in March. Their arrival marks a major addition of combat power to the newly opened location.

The B-1s flew directly to the base from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., in a deployment that "demonstrates PSAB’s ability to conduct combat ops," Air Forces Central Command said on Twitter. A video showed one of the Lancers touching down, with no additional information on the size of the contingent or length of deployment. A video from Air Force Global Strike Command shows at least four B-1s from the 34th Bomb Squadron taking off from Ellsworth.
Posted by:M. Murcek

#7  Be a shame to fly all that way and not get to blow something up.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-10-27 20:50  

#6  ...Interesting that just a week or two back, USAF was saying that only 6% of the B-1 force was even mission capable.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-10-27 18:28  

#5  Bets on the Bones being overhead while the operation to kill B. went down?

All sorts of handwavium going on while the Baghdadi operation was being planned, executed, and cleaned up after. President Trump really does have a magic laser pointer that his opponents can’t stop themselves from chasing.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-10-27 17:15  

#4  Bets on the Bones being overhead while the operation to kill B. went down?
Posted by: 3dc   2019-10-27 15:15  

#3  Great platform for dispensing JASSM-ER
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-10-27 13:33  

#2  Huh. Now what target(s) would justify re-positioning a bunch of heavy bombers?
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-10-27 12:07  

#1  Looks like we have an agreement.
Posted by: Dale   2019-10-27 08:48  

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