USAF Reportedly Plans Permanent Basing Of Bombers In Indo-Pacific

A U.S. Air Force B-52 lands in Guam following a 2016 training deployment to Australia.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is reportedly looking to pre-position bombers across the Indo-Pacific in a return to the constant deployment model that the service maintained for years before ending it in 2019. The House Armed Services Committee’s markup of the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill says the Air Force...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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