A US Air Force B-1B strategic bomber has been deployed to Guam, the US Pacific Air Force has confirmed. It was emphasized that bomber task force operations were routine and were not linked to any one condition or threat. Reporter Park Dong-jung reports.
The US Pacific Air Command announced on the 19th that a B-1B Lancer strategic bomber had been deployed to Guam.
In an email sent to VOA, the press office of the Pacific Air Command said, “We can confirm that a B-1B from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, has arrived at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam to perform a routine Bomber Task Force (BTF) . ) missions,” he said.
[미 태평양공군사령부 공보실] “We can confirm that a B-1B from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, SD, has arrived at Andersen AFB to conduct routine Bomber Task Force (BTF) missions. BTF missions are designed to demonstrate PACAF’s ability to deter, deny, and dominate any influence or aggression from adversaries or competitors.”
“The Bomber Task Force missions are designed to demonstrate the Pacific Air Force’s ability to deter, deter and dominate any influence or aggressive behavior from an enemy or competitor,” he said.
The press office of the Pacific Air Command said, “The activities of the bomber task force are routine and are not linked to any one country or threat.”
[미 태평양공군사령부 공보실] “Task Force Bomber activities are routine and are not linked to any one country or threat. Accelerating strategic competition has fueled the need to strengthen alliances and recruit new partners, increase lethality and interoperability, and deter, deny and dominate aggression, to advance the shared goal of an open and free Indo-Pacific.”
“Accelerating strategic competition has strengthened our alliances and recruited new partners, increased lethality and interoperability, and reinforced the need to deter, deny and dominate aggression in order to advance our common goal of a free and open Indo-Pacific. ” he explained.
“The mission of the bombing task force supports a larger Indo-Pacific strategy to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific, and is not a direct response to the actions of other countries,” he added.
“The bomber task force allows a variety of bombers to advance to the Indo-Pacific region and conduct operations from around the world and the US mainland,” said the official statement to the press.
[미 태평양 공군 사령부 공보실] “The Bomber Task Force enables different types of strategic bombers to operate in the Indo-Pacific region from a wide variety of overseas and Continental United States locations with increased operational resilience. Bomber missions contribute to joint force lethality and deterrence of aggression in the Indo-Pacific by demonstrating the USAF’s ability to operate anywhere in the world at any time in support of the NDS. restraint.”
“The mission of the bomber task force deters aggression in the Indo-Pacific by contributing to the lethality of the Joint Forces and demonstrating the ability of Pacific Air Forces to operate anytime, anywhere in the world in support of the National Defense Strategy (NDS).” he said.
According to the aircraft tracking site ‘Aircraft Spot’ on the 19th, two B-1B bombers arrived from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota to Anderson Air Base in Guam at 7:00 am (UTC / Coordinated Universal Time).
Aircraft Spot reported that two more B-1B bombers had landed on Guam the day before.
With this, “four B-1Bs landed at Anderson Base on Guam for a bomber sortie,” Aircraft Spot added.
Along with the B-52 and B-2, the B-1B, one of America’s three major strategic bombers, can carry up to 60 tons of bombs and can fly into the air.
The B-1B, nicknamed the ‘swan of death’, is a long-range strategic bomber of the US Air Force that is feared by North Korea.
Earlier, in June, the US sent a B-1B bomber to Guam as North Korea’s 7th nuclear test was imminent.
“The strategic bomber mission demonstrates the confidence of our US forces in addressing a global security environment that is more diverse and uncertain than at any other time in history,” said the Pacific Air Forces command United States in an email to the VOA at the time.
This is Dong-Jeong Park from VOA News.
