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  • Fighting for "yes"

    In this interview, new 489th Bomb Group Commander, Col. Christopher Hawn, lays out his vision for the future of the unit and speaks about what motivates him every day.

  • Students get sneak peek before NATO Days air show

    U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McClanahan, the 489th Bomb Group commander, fields questions regarding the B-1 Lancer during a school tour at the Leoš Janáček Ostrava Airport, Czech Republic, Sept. 13, 2017. The tour allows visiting students a sneak peek at the B-1 Lancer, the B-52 Stratofortress and the

  • Everything in Place for Ample Strike 2017

    A worm’s eye view of a B-1B Lancer from the 7th Bomb Wing is seen at Royal Air Force Base Fairford, England, August 24, 2017. It is one of two B-1 bombers taking part in Exercise Ample Strike 2017. The exercise will focus on advanced air and land integration training, as well as strengthening

  • Fairford Civic Leaders Tour Bombers

    U.S. Air Force Capt. James Bresnahan, B-52H Stratofortress pilot, briefs a group of personnel from Royal Air Force Fairford and members of leadership from the town of Fairford, during a base and local community lunch event Sept. 6, 2016 at RAF Fairford, England. Bresnahan is assigned to the 11th

  • Dyess B-1 first flight for Ample Strike

    A B-1B Lancer from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Air Force Global Strike Command, takes to the skies on Sep. 5, 2016 as the first day of participation in Exercise Ample Strike 2016, an annual Czech Republic-led exercise with 300 participants from 18 countries scheduled for Sept.

  • B-one team, B-one fight

    Five months after the reactivation of the Reserve 489th Bomb Group, they are working side-by-side with the Active Duty Airmen in the 7th Bomb Wing, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. During the Bomb Group’s February Unit Training Assembly, the maintenance crews from both units combined to complete an