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B-1Bs Resume Flight After April Grounding for Fuel Leak

B-1Bs Resume Flight After April Grounding for Fuel Leak
A B-1B Lancer is prepared for retirement at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., on Feb. 16. The Air Force has said that the planned divestment of 17 B-1B aircraft will help sustain the remaining fleet of 45 B-1s and save funds to direct toward the new B-21 bomber (U.S. Air Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers by Boeing [BA] began a resumption of flights on May 3rd after a safety stand-down by Gen. Timothy Ray, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), on Apr. 20th. "Individual B-1B aircraft will return to flight as inspections and maintenance directed during the stand-down are completed on each aircraft," AFGSC said on May 6th. The Apr. 20th grounding of the B-1B fleet followed an Apr. 8th "ground emergency" involving one B-1B at…

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