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Switch to Air Force Bomber Task Force Frees Up Planning Time for Theater Threats

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

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Switch to Air Force Bomber Task Force Frees Up Planning Time for Theater Threats

A Boeing B-1B Lancer aircraft takes off to conduct a training mission during a Bomber Task Force deployment at Andersen AFB, Guam, Oct. 28, 2020. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force's switch from bomber forward basing to a Bomber Task Force (BTF) model is freeing up time for service personnel at Andersen AFB, Guam to focus on planning to meet threats in the Indo-Pacific region--the most prominent among them, China. Last April, the Air Force said that it was ending its 16-year continuous bomber presence (CBP) at Andersen to move to a BTF model of deploying bombers rapidly, as needed, from the continental United States. “One of…

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