Checking out the B-1B for combat

Airmen 1st Class Michael Huber (from left), Phillip Rhinehart and Matthew Beard load GBU-38s onto a B-1B Lancer Nov. 11, 2009, at an air base in Southwest Asia. The Airmen are deployed with the aircraft from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)

Photo essay: Checking out the B-1B for combat

Published Nov. 19, 2009

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- Airmen from the 37th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron perform preflight checks on a B-1B Lancer Nov. 11, 2009, at an air base here. Carrying the largest payload of guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, the multi-mission B-1 is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force.

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Checking out the B-1B for combat

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