B1-B flyover ushers in POW/MIA tribute Sep 15, 2009
A B-1B bomber flyover will kick off a motorcycle Freedom Ride on Friday, Sept. 18, from the South Dakota Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth Air Force Base as part of a day of remembrance for and tribute to personnel classified as prisoners of war/missing in action. The motorcycle ride is open to the public. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
NYPD: High-profile buildings need tighter security Jul 1, 2009
And its issuance raises questions about whether the U.S. should use a B-1B bomber - an expensive Cold War-era supersonic bomber originally designed to penetrate the former Soviet Union's airspace and drop nuclear weapons - to rout out Taliban hiding among Afghan civilians. US trains reluctant Afghan police to fight Taliban. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
B-1 in Afghan civilian death incident is from Dyess Jun 24, 2009
The B-1B bomber cited in a bombing attack that killed civilians in Afghanistan last month is based at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, not Ellsworth AFB, the Ellsworth Public Affairs office said this week. The B-1 crew failed to follow all operational rules in a complex battle in Afghanistan on May 4 that killed about 26 civilians and 78 Taliban fighters, the U.S. military concluded in a report released Friday. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Afghanistan Air Strike That Killed 26 Civilians Was `Lawful,' U.S. Says Jun 20, 2009
Three air strikes conducted after sunset using a B-1B bomber did not adhere to all of the specific guidance, the investigators found. Not applying all of that guidance likely resulted in civilian casualties, they said. (Bloomberg -- US)
U.S. admits Afghan airstrike may have killed 86 civilians Jun 20, 2009
And its issuance raises questions about whether the U.S. should use a B-1B bomber - an expensive Cold War-era supersonic bomber originally designed to penetrate the former Soviet Union's airspace and drop nuclear weapons - to rout out Taliban hiding among Afghan civilians ... When the fighting didn't subside, the military decided to deploy B-1B bombers that launched three strikes. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
The Fives: Hanks vs. Redden, Thune vs. Herseth Sandlin and the abortion ban's impact on elections Apr 7, 2009
Blogger Todd Epp shares the story of Tom Warner of Rapid City, a former B-1B Bomber pilot and Ph. D. student who is studying the natural phenomenon of lightning rising from the Earth into the skies above. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
