The U.S. Air Force is proposing to send 17 B-1B supersonic bombers to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base for retirement in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2021 budget.
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South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds said in his weekly press call that this will allow the service to acquire sufficient parts to keep more B-1Bs airborne.
Rounds says, “Rather than pretending we had 61 bombers that were operational, or would be considered operational, let’s face the fact that the B-1’s have spoken, they’re tired, they’re worn out and some of them just aren’t going to fly again. And rather than pretending that they were, let’s recognize it, let’s put several of them into the boneyard and let’s see if we can’t maintain operational status for the other ones, where right now, we’re struggling to get that done.”
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