Airmen from the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., prepare a B-1B Lancer for a mission. US Air Force
As Focus Turns To Asia, B-1’s Role May Grow -- Air Force Times
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — President Obama’s new military strategy is taking shape here on the sun-seared grasslands of West Texas where B-1 bomber pilots train.
The strategy pivots from missions over the deserts and mountains of Afghanistan to targets on the sea and, though the military doesn’t come out directly and say it, in China. “We’re going back to the future,” says Col. David Been, commander of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess. “As the balance shifts from almost exclusively Afghanistan right now, we’re shifting to the Asia-Pacific region.”
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