First B-1B pilot to clock 5,000 hours

Lt. Col Tim Schepper has become the first person to log 5,000 flight hours in a B-1 bomber after he landed a B-1 at Ellsworth Air Force Base last week.

Of those 5,000 hours, around 1,300 have been in combat.

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