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  • Weapons load crews assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron conduct a training exercise on the B-1B Lancer with inert munitions at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 13, 2018. The event involved reconfiguring the aircraft with inert munitions to maintain a high state of readiness. The B-1B Lancer carries the largest conventional payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory and is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force. It can rapidly deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world, at any time. Its armaments include up to 24 AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)

    B-1B weapons loaders conduct combat-capability training

    Weapons load crews assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conduct a training exercise on a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron with inert munitions at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 13, 2018.
  • Airman 1st Class James Balcom, 37th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, fills the auxiliary power unit of a B1-B Lancer as part of his final inspections to ready the aircraft before an aircrew boards for a mission September 22, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Balcom is deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

    37th AMU BONES crew chiefs, keeping freedom in the skies

    The mighty B1-B Lancer is a storied airframe that was only supposed to fly for 20 years.  30 and some odd years later, the elusive B-1B is still the primary strike workhorse here, dropping several thousand bombs in the past year supporting OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE. Managing the Lancer stable are several dedicated crew chiefs from the 37th
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