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B-1B Performs Presence Patrol

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer flies over the Persian Gulf on a presence patrol above the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility Oct. 30, 2021. The flight was a five-hour, non-stop multilateral mission with participation from air forces to include: Bahrain, Egypt, Israel and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jerreht Harris)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Staff Sgt. Jason Blackmon, left, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion craftsman, and Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th EAMXS B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, complete routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an area of responsibility (AOR) advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, stands in front of a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an area of responsibility (AOR) advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, conducts routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an area of responsibility (AOR) advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, left, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, and Staff Sgt. Jason Blackmon, 379th EAMXS B-1B Lancer propulsion craftsman, review technical orders while conducting routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Due to Ries’s exceptional performance she was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an area of responsibility (AOR) advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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MX Airman keeps bombs, career on target

Staff Sgt. Jason Blackmon, left, 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) B-1B Lancer propulsion craftsman, mentors Airman 1st Class Shelby Ries, 379th EAMXS B-1B Lancer propulsion apprentice, while conducting routine maintenance for a B-1B Lancer Dec. 22, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Ries was selected to deploy to Al Udeid as an advanced echelon (ADVON) team member. Ries led two engine changes and more than 90 maintenance actions which resulted in 56 B-1B sorties, totaling 672 flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, wipes oil off of his hands after performing maintenance on a B-1B Lancer, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. With a career that spans across three decades and a warfighting reputation that rivals nearly every aircraft in the Air Force's arsenal, the B-1 Bomber has established itself as one of the United States' most crucial assets to maintaining air and ground superiority. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, performs a main landing gear temperature sensor inspection, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. B-1s based here are capable of supporting operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, or anywhere else they are needed. In recent months, the bombers have played a major role in helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces hold or retake key territory in Iraq and Syria, as well as destroying facilities and assets used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, performs a crew-station inspection on a B-1B Lancer, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. The bomber's range and payload let it conduct multiple strikes with a large number of precision-guided munitions, which would require multiple combat sorties from other aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, fills out aircraft forms, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. Patterson performs preventative maintenance on the B-1B Lancer, so that corrective maintenance is not needed in the future. The B-1 Bomber is capable of delivering precision and non-precision weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world, at any time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, performs a right main landing gear wheel well inspection on a B-1B Lancer, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. Patterson thoroughly checked the wheel well to ensure there was no structural damage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, installs a brake torque link retaining pin on a B-1B Lancer, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. Carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, the multi-mission B-1B Lancer is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force and is a key resource for strike operations throughout U.S. Central Command’s Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, works on an over-wing fairing on a B-1B Lancer, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. With the B-1s ever-increasing role in combat operations pushing the airframe to the limits of its original design, skilled maintenance professionals are crucial to ensuring mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, hooks up hydraulic mules on a B-1B Lancer, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. Anytime the aircraft's hydraulic systems are ground-operated, a hydraulic mule takes the place of the pumps on the engine to work the aircraft's flight controls, weapons and flaps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, installs an upper gear sub-assembly on a B-1B Lancer during an 800 hour inspection, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., who deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. Airmen from the 34th EAMU provide preventative maintenance to avoid corrective maintenance from having to be performed. Providing a well-maintained aircraft to aircrews is one of the goals of the 34th EAMU, and they do this by performing scheduled inspections and preventative maintenance in a timely manner so that the aircraft can do what they're made to do: fly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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Preventative maintenance keep BONES ready to provide combat air support

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, searches his tool box, March 1, 2015, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Patterson, a native of Marion, Va., who deployed here from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., is a dedicated crew chief of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron flagship. Patterson maintains and facilitates maintenance on the B-1B Lancer. This is Patterson’s second deployment to Al Udeid. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kia Atkins)
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