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8th AF Commander: LRSB to Replace All Existing Bombers

Thursday, June 25th, 2015

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The long-range strike bomber will eventually replace all B-1s, B-2s and B-52s after it comes online, a senior Air Force official said Thursday.“Eventually, it will replace—it will be ‘the’ long-range strike bomber for us at a point,” Maj. Gen. Richard Clark, commander of the 8th Air Force, said during a hearing of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. The remarks are the first time the Air Force has publicly stated that the LRSB will replace the entire…

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