Air International 2017-10
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D.Isby - High-Profile Stealth: The B-2 Bomber /Military/
Airmen prepare to refuel B-2 88-0329 Spirit of Missouri at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
B-2 82-1068 Spirit of New York emerges from its hangar at Whiteman Air Force Base during exercise Global Thunder 17. In addition to assessing joint operational readiness between forces assigned to US Strategic Command, Global Thunder also assesses command and control functionality in all of USSTRATCOM’s mission areas.
Crew chiefs assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform pre-take off inspections during Exercise Global Thunder 17 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Exercise Global Thunder is US Strategic Command’s annual field training and battle staff exercise to train and assess joint Operational readiness.
Crew chiefs assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron shield themselves from the rain under B-2 88-0330 Spirit of California at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam during a deployment from Whiteman Air Force Base in support of bomber assurance and deterrence missions.
Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, the 509th Bomb Wing commander, welcomes home two B-2 pilots after their 33-hour round trip mission to Libya on January 18 and 19, 2017.
Technicians assigned to the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare a B-2 Spirit aircraft to be towed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
A KC-135R Stratotanker from the RAF Mildenhall-based 100th Air Refueling Wing refuels 509th Bomb Wing B-2 89-0129 Spirit of Georgia late at night on January 18, 2017, during a mission that targeted Islamic State training camps in Libya.
B-2 93-1087 Spirit of Pennsylvania lands at Whiteman Air Force Base on January 19, 2017 after a 33-hour mission to a target area near Side, Libya. In conjunction with the Libyan Government of National Accord, the US military conducted precision airstrikes on January 18, 2017, destroying two ISIS camps 45 kilometres southwest of Side.