A USAF B-1B Lancer bomber and F-15E Strike Eagles fly in formation during Joint Air Defense Exercise 19-01, on Feb. 19, 2019. Air Force photo by SSgt. Clayton Cupit.
Air Force Magazine: No Bombers Deployed to CENTCOM After B-1s Return Home
B-1s from Dyess AFB, Texas, recently returned home, leaving the Middle East without a USAF bomber presence—a rare occasion after 18 years of war.
About 350 airmen and the aircraft returned home on March 11, about two weeks before US-backed fighters declared victory over ISIS’s physical caliphate, according to photographs published by Dyess. Although air operations are continuing in the region, no bombers have replaced them.
Coalition airstrikes supported Iraqi Security Forces operations against ISIS in northern and western Iraq from March 25 to March 27, according to US Central Command.
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WNU Editor: The war against ISIS is essentially over. And while the Afghan war continues, my guess is that having bombers near by are not necessary.
