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28TH AND 40TH AEFs
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
14 September 2001 through 15 August 2006

All photos and information from unclassified sources.

  B-1 "Lancer" Operations
More Commonly Known as:
The "BONE"

B-1 Loadup Diego
            Garcia
Munitions Crews load B-1 with Mk84 2,000 pound precision guided bombs.

 
A B-1 and KC-10 taxi out for takeoff.

 
B-1 Takeoff
            Roll Diego Garcia
B-1B 84095 from the 77th Bomb Squadron "War Eagles", 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, takeoffs on Runway 13.

 
B-1 Takeoff
B-1B take off.  Runway 13, Diego Garcia.  The Bones in the foreground are from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, and the 366th Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

 
B-1 Loading
            Enduring Freedom
Preparing to load 2,000 pound GPS guided bombs on B-1B "Master of Disaster", from the 77th Bomb Squadron.

Please note that according to the Air Force Times, bomber operations from Diego Garcia ended August 15, 2006.  Operations began with the arrival of the 40th AEW on September 14, 2001, and lasted 4 years and 11 months, which was 1 year and 2 months longer that the US was engaged in WWII.

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