“It’s a lot of money. Some of us watch that money very carefully,” said Rep. Clay Higgins.
The Air Force has finished resurrecting a B-1B Lancer, completing a yearslong process to transform a bomber that had been stored for parts in the Arizona desert into the new flagship of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
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Après des essais en demi-teinte, avec autant d’échecs que de succès, l’arme hypersonique AGM-183A [ou ARRW pour Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon], développée par Lockheed Martin, ne faisait plus partie des priorités de l’US Air Force il y a trois ans. Pour autant, en mars 2024, celle-ci mobilisa un bombardier stratégique B-52H Stratofortress pour procéder à...
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En février 2018, le Pentagone annonça que les bombardiers B-1 «Lancer» et B-2 «Spirit» allaient être progressivement retirés du service à mesure de l’arrivée des B-21 Raider qu’il venait de commander auprès de Northrop Grumman, ces appareils étant alors appelés à constituer l’épine dorsale du «Global Strike Command» de l’US Air Force d’ici 2030, aux...
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B-52 Stratofortress bombers marked a new first in Operation Epic Fury when some of the BUFFs flew over Iran carrying JDAM-guided gravity bombs, according to people familiar with the matter. The development signals a weakening of Iranian air defenses and a new use for the venerable bomber in the nearly five-week-old air campaign.
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Three additional B-1B Lancers arrived at RAF Fairford on March 26, bringing the total number of bombers stationed at the U.K. base to 21—one of the largest bomber deployments in recent history.
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About a dozen B-1 bombers are now at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom as a base from which to launch strikes on Iran, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine—potentially representing more than half of the U.S. Air Force’s mission-capable Lancer fleet.
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The U.S. military is sending more fighter jets to the Middle East to step up its war with Iran, adding to what is already the largest buildup of airpower in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. For now, the operation shows little sign of coming to a quick conclusion.
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