Latest "bombers" stories

Taiwan sends jets after 27 Chinese planes enter buffer zone

The Defense Ministry said Taiwan scrambled combat aircraft to “warn” the Chinese planes to leave.

16 months ago

Capt. Orr “Recoil” Genish, 37th Bomb Squadron weapons systems officer, uses a land mobile radio as he watches a B-1B Lancer land in support of a Bomber Task Force mission at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, Oct. 17, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Hannah Malone/Air Force)

B-1B bombers return to Diego Garcia island base after 15 years

Lancers showed up after China began holding military air drills near Taiwan and launched a joint naval exercise with Russia in the Sea of Japan.

By Rachel S. Cohen

17 months ago

Cotton nominated to run Air Force’s nuclear enterprise at pivotal time

If confirmed, Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton would be the first Black man to run Air Force Global Strike Command.

By Rachel S. Cohen

21 months ago

The Bones are back: B-1s return to Guam

B-1s have flown to Guam on a near-monthly basis since this spring for Bomber Task Force missions.

By Stephen Losey

2 years ago

The Air Force’s B-1 bombers are in more dire shape than we thought

"We’re just beating the heck out of them, deploying them, deploying them," Gen. John Hyten told lawmakers.

By Stephen Losey

4 years ago

B-52 bombers join B-2s, B-1s in Guam for second time in history

About a week after the Air Force deployed three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Guam, six B-52H Stratofortress bombers joined them on the island Tuesday.

By Charlsy Panzino

5 years ago