With B-1 Aging and B-21 Still Years Out, Air Force May Soon Have No Go-To Bomber
15 Sep 2019
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk
On April 14, 2018, two B-1B Lancer bombers fired off payloads of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles against weapons storage plants in western Syria, part of a shock-and-awe response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons against his citizens that also included strikes from Navy destroyers and submarines.
In all, the two bombers fired 19 JASSMs, successfully eliminating their targets. But the moment would ultimately be one of the last -- and certainly most publicized -- strategic strikes for the aircraft before operations began to wind down for the entire fleet.
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