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Air Force To Resume Flying B-1 Bombers

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, June 19th, 2018

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Air Force To Resume Flying B-1 Bombers

A B-1 releasing a JASSM. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancers, which have been grounded since June 7, will return to flight this week, the service announced June 19.Air Force Global Strike Command said the "safety stand-down” gave it time to evaluate an undisclosed “issue” with ejection-seat components on the supersonic bomber. “We have high confidence that the fleet’s egress systems are capable and the fleet is ready to return to normal flight operations,” said Maj. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, who, as commander of the 8th Air…

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