Air Force sends supersonic bombers to Japan amid rising regional tensions

Air Force sends supersonic bombers to Japan amid rising regional tensions – Center for Security Policy

A B-1B Lancer from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrives at Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan, April 15, 2025. (Mattison Cole/U.S. Air Force) American B-1B Lancers arrived this week at Misawa Air Base for their first rotational bomber task force mission in Japan, Pacific Air Forces said Tuesday. The aircraft, along with airmen and support equipment from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, landed at the northern…

Air Force sends supersonic bombers to Japan amid rising regional tensions

American B-1B Lancers arrived this week at Misawa Air Base for their first rotational bomber task force mission in Japan, Pacific Air Forces said Tuesday.

Strategic Statement: B-1B Bombers Touch Down in Japan Amid Rising Indo-Pacific Tensions

United States’ growing strategic focus on the Indo-Pacific, aircraft and personnel from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS) of Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, touched down at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan on April 15, 2025. This deployment marks the first extended presence of U.S. strategic bombers in Japan since the Vietnam War era and the very first Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment to Japanese territory.

B-1 Lancers deploy to the Land of the Rising Sun.

B-1 Lancers deploy to the Land of the Rising Sun U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers deploy to Misawa Air Base, Japan for a Bomber Task Force rotation.     Article: Jaryd Stock Images: Jaryd Stock & PACAF A Bomber Task Force deployment of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 9th ... Source

B-1B Bones Make Unprecedented Bomber Task Force Deployment To Japan

For the first time, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers are in Japan for a Bomber Task Force rotation. The deployment to Misawa Air Base comes at a time when the Air Force has six B-2 stealth bombers stationed in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, for a significant bomber presence across the Indo-Pacific region. You can read more about the B-2 rotation in this previous story. The B-1Bs, from the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Fo…

B-1B Lancer Arrivals At Misawa Air Base Mark First Bomber Task Force Deployment To Japan

Aircraft and personnel assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Dyess AFB, Texas, landed at the base in northern Japan on Apr. 15, 2025. A number of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers will undertake several weeks of joint training exercises and strategic deterrence missions across the Indo-Pacific. This is the first Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment to Japan, and the first deployment of U.S. strategic bombers spanning more than several d…