B-1 bombers deploy to Guam as Navy carriers continue readiness training in South China Sea

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By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES
Published: July 17, 2020

The Air Force on Friday deployed two B-1B bombers to Guam as the Navy continued its dual-aircraft carrier operations in the contested South China Sea.

Both services described the operations as routine, but they follow a U.S. State Department announcement Monday explicitly embracing a 2016 decision by an international tribunal that rejected China’s claim of sovereignty over certain reefs and isles in the South China Sea.

The pair of Lancer bombers — from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, 28th Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. — will conduct bilateral bomber task force operations out of Andersen Air Force Base, the Air Force said in a statement.

They will train with allies, partner nations and other U.S. services. The deployment also supports “strategic deterrence missions to reinforce the rules-based international order in the region,” the Air Force said...

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/b-1-bombers-deploy-to-guam-as-navy-carriers-continue-readiness-training-in-south-china-sea-1.637982

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[leftieNanner]

1. Oh Great!

A war with China.

What else can we expect as Trump tries to make his wiener bigger.