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By Master Sgt. Louis Vega, Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs / Published April 29, 2021
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gabriel Pereda, 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation operator, poses for a photo during a Bomber Task Force deployment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 20, 2021. Pereda has been involved in the last two BTF deployments back-to-back. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovante Johnson)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gabriel Pereda, 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation operator, poses for a photo during a Bomber Task Force deployment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 20, 2021. During the BTF Pereda’s job is to take people where they need to go, whether that be pilots to their jets, maintainers to where they are working out of, or getting all of the cargo, such as heavy machinery, for the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovante Johnson)
by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Apr 24, 2021 - 10:35 AM
All 57 Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bombers were grounded this week after a fuel filter leak was discovered on one bomber.
On April 8, B-1 Lancer serial number 86-0104 experienced a malfunction of its augmenter fuel pump filter housing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. This prompted the Air Force to ground all of the bombers for inspections.
Fuel issues for the B-1 were first reported Thursday by The War Zone.
The immediate inspection of 86-0104 on April 8 revealed a massive hole in the filter housing. This filter is on the outside of the F101-GE-102 engine, but plays a crucial role. Needless to say, with a hole, it leaks large amounts of fuel. 86-0104 had been seen trailing a large plume of unburned fuel on landing. A pressurized fuel leak is a hazard in itself, but if the filter housing is not functioning properly, the pilots cannot select augmented thrust better known as afterburner
The bomber is one of four temporarily based in Norway, where it s exercising with NATO and Swedish air forces.
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber made history last week when it landed at a remote air base north of the Arctic Circle. The bomber, flying with an escort of four Swedish Gripen fighters, touched down at Norway s Bodø Air Station for refueling before departing again. The layover marked the farthest north the B-1B has ever operated.
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The bomber, nicknamed
Dark Knight of the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing, conducted a warm pit refuel at Bodø, a process that allows the crew to remain in the cockpit as the plane is gassed up, according to
Ellsworth AFB slated for first main operational base for B-21 Raider in United States
Secretary of the Air Force Public AffairsMarch 10, 2021Business
U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic by Northrop GrummanShown is an artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Ellsworth AFB is one of the bases expected to host the new airframe.
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AFNS) The B-21 Raider program continues to progress through the engineering and manufacturing development acquisition phase. One visible example of progress was the recent construction and installation of a temporary prototype Environmental Protection Shelter at Ellsworth Air Force Base.