{"id":55644,"date":"2024-04-26T20:51:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=55644"},"modified":"2024-05-02T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:55:59","slug":"an-american-airman-used-a-flag-of-spain-to-direct-a-b-1b-lancer-bomber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/26\/an-american-airman-used-a-flag-of-spain-to-direct-a-b-1b-lancer-bomber\/","title":{"rendered":"An American airman used a Flag of Spain to direct a B-1B Lancer bomber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bomber Task Force 24-2 deployment of the US Air Force (USAF) concluded on Tuesday, April 23 at Mor\u00f3n Air Base, Spain.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/09\/images-of-the-deployment-in-spain-of-two-b-1b-lancer-strategic-bombers\/\">Images of the deployment in Spain of two B-1B Lancer strategic bombers<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/07\/11\/a-close-up-tour-of-a-b-1b-lancer-nuclear-bomber-inside-and-out\/\">A close-up tour of a B-1B Lancer nuclear bomber inside and out<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>As you could read here a few weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/04\/09\/images-of-the-deployment-in-spain-of-two-b-1b-lancer-strategic-bombers\/\">on March 24, 2024, two USAF B-1B Lancer strategic bombers arrived in Mor\u00f3n<\/a>, <strong>from Dyess AFB, Texas<\/strong>, on the occasion of that deployment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53679676397_213ce68590_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The planes belong to the 9th Bomb Squadron of the 7th Bomb Wing. This last month <strong>they have been carrying out training missions in several European countries<\/strong>, in collaboration with different allied air forces.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53680901284_155770e2c6_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Wednesday, <strong>the USAF published two sets of photos<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/8359525\/btf-24-2-second-re-deployment\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> four taken by Staff Sgt. Holly Cook and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/8359476\/btf-24-2-final-takeoff\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> another four taken by Senior Airman Zachary Wright) <strong>showing the final takeoffs of those bombing raids on Mor\u00f3n<\/strong> during this deployment, some spectacular photos taken at dusk and that you can see along these lines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53680996165_27de4b677e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In four images we can see, first of all, they are those of Zachary Wright and they show <strong>the B-1B bombers seen from the head of the runway at the moment of takeoff<\/strong>, with their four General Electric F101 turbofan engines. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C6MYqCcMriU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Una publicaci\u00f3n compartida de Jorge Guardia (@jorgeguardia_photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>All four photos of Holly Cook were taken from the platform. In two of them we see <strong>a B-1B taking off with the engines in afterburner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53680537396_ec06244cef_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The plane we see in these first two images is 86-0125 \/ AF86-125<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53680762773_eec8248cf0_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the photo below these lines we see <strong>USAF ground personnel observing the takeoff of a B-1B<\/strong> on the platform of the Mor\u00f3n Air Base, along with several vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53680996205_e03842302c_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last photo is the most curious: <strong>Senior Airman Brady Hackler<\/strong>, crew chief of the USAF 9th Bomber Squadron, <strong>directing one of the B-1Bs with a Spanish Flag<\/strong>, in what appears to be a bullfighting pass. A nice way to say goodbye to Spain after this month of deployment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53680996140_faf7124bef_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bomber Task Force 24-2 deployment of the US Air Force (USAF) concluded on Tuesday, April 23 at Mor\u00f3n Air Base, Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11546],"tags":[14485,17104],"class_list":["post-55644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-9th-expeditionary-bomb-squadron","tag-flag-of-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}