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An airman salutes a B-1B Lancer that is being divested at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, on February 17.
The Air Force is divesting B-1B bombers, aiming to retire the fleet by the end of the 2030s.
The bombers are considered “the workhorse of the Air Force today.”
At least one of the outgoing bombers could find new life as a lab to help keep other B-1s flying.
In February, the Air Force announced that it will begin retiring the B-1B Lancer from service by divesting 17 bombers from the fleet of 62.
The Air Force is getting rid of B-1B bombers, but it s keeping one around for a different kind of mission
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From the left, Capt. Cole Evans, Master Sgt. Matthew Ricker and Capt. Kirsten McKenzie, all with the 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, give a presentation about the squadron and its mission to members of the Minot Area Chamber EDCâs Military Affairs Committee at the Grand Hotel in Minot on April 1. Minot AFB photo by George F. Gutierrez.
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE -Members of the 576th Flight Test Squadron continuously test the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system to make sure it does what it’s supposed to do.
“We perform a fundamentally unique mission. We do a full on full, end to end testing of the Minuteman III weapon system,” said Capt. Kirsten McKenzie, an ICBM test operator with the 576th at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.