{"id":1707386,"date":"2022-10-23T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707386"},"modified":"2022-10-23T06:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T10:49:21","slug":"b-1s-land-in-guam-to-begin-formation-of-bomber-task-force-in-indo-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/b-1s-land-in-guam-to-begin-formation-of-bomber-task-force-in-indo-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"B-1s Land in Guam to Begin Formation of Bomber Task Force in Indo-Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fb-1s-land-in-guam-to-begin-formation-of-bomber-task-force-in-indo-pacific%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/7473038-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"share-buttons for-small\">\n<p>          <span class=\"share-label\">Share Article<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<p>An undisclosed number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/weapons-platforms\/b-1\/\" title=\"Learn more about the B-1B Lancer\" class=\"inline-wp-link\">B-1B Lancers<\/a> arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Oct. 18 to participate in a bomber task force mission in the Indo-Pacific, Pacific Air Forces announced.<\/p>\n<p>The B-1Bs, from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., will participate in \u201cseveral\u201d training missions during their deployment, integrating with allies while doing so, PACAF said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Airmen from the 28th Bomb Wing began arriving in Guam several days earlier, according to images posted by PACAF.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the second time in 2022 that B-1s have landed on Guam. In June, the 28th Bomb Wing sent four B-1s on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/latest-b-1-bomber-task-force-deployed-to-guam-hones-coordination-with-allies\/\">a bomber task force rotation<\/a> that included training exercises with the Japanese and Australians. That rotation ended in early July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBomber Task Force deployments and missions provide key assurances and cooperation with joint and partner Allies in the region,\u201d Lt. Col. Daniel Mount, 37th Bomb Squadron director of operations, said in a statement. \u201cThe B-1 is an especially capable platform in this region, being able to travel large distances and bear significant firepower with precision and standoff munitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/b-1s-deploy-diego-garcia-first-time-15-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exactly a year ago<\/a>, B-1s from Ellsworth deployed to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia for the first time in 15 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the B-1 isn\u2019t the only bomber that has been deployed to the Indo-Pacific lately\u2014the Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/two-more-b-2-bombers-arrive-in-australia-to-train-with-raaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent four B-2s to Australia in July<\/a>. Those B-2s stayed in the region until August, conducting multiple training exercises.<\/p>\n<p>Air Force leaders have stressed in the past that bomber task force deployments are planned in advance. But the B-1s\u2019 arrival in Guam comes amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/north-korea\/north-korea-launches-another-missile-flies-warplanes-border-rcna52216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasing tension in the region<\/a>, especially between the U.S. and North Korea, which has conducted a barrage of missile tests recently and flown warplanes near the border with South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s ruling Communist Party, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/10\/20\/china-economy-what-cpc-party-congress-this-week-means-for-growth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is in the midst of its congress<\/a>, which takes place every five years, and leader Xi Jingping has called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=xi+jinping+defense+policy&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=682&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sxsrf=ALiCzsbmTUyrFaVTvZK06c7M7Js_E953AQ%3A1666387094866&#038;ei=lgxTY8G-NMbPptQPvaaGqA4&#038;ved=0ahUKEwjB4ePWn_L6AhXGp4kEHT2TAeUQ4dUDCA0&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=xi+jinping+defense+policy&#038;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LW5ld3MQAzIFCCEQoAEyCAghEBYQHhAdMggIIRAWEB4QHTIICCEQFhAeEB06CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOgcIABCxAxBDOgQIABBDOgoIABCxAxCDARBDOggIABCABBCxAzoLCAAQsQMQgwEQkQI6BQgAEJECOgUIABCABDoGCAAQFhAeOgUIABCGAzoFCCEQqwJQnAhY7BpgxxtoAHAAeACAAdcBiAHZDpIBBjIuMTIuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&#038;sclient=gws-wiz-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">faster military development<\/a> and \u201creunification\u201d with Taiwan, leading some, including Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, to express concerns that the Chinese may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/10\/18\/china-seize-taiwan-plan-blinken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speeding up their timeline<\/a> to seize the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share Article An undisclosed number of B-1B Lancers arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Oct. 18 to participate in a bomber task force mission in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}