B-2s Return To Guam, Replace B-1 Squadron

Published: Wed May 3rd, 2006
Source: aimpoints.hq.af.mil



HAGATNA, Guam (Marianas Variety, May 3) – More than 250 personnel and several B-2 bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomb Wing based in Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, were deployed to [Guam's] Andersen Air Force Base over the weekend.

The 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron airmen are replacing those from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron who fly B-1B bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

The B-1 bomber units have been on Guam since January.

According to the Air Force public affairs office, the deployment is in support of U.S. Pacific Command -(USPACOM) directed continuous bomber rotations aimed at adjusting the military’s force posture to enhance regional security.
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