✈ Two U.S. B-1B Bombers Forward Deploy to Incirlik Air Base Turkey

The deployment is part of a long-planned, routine training mission conducted under Bomber Task Force 24-2 and is not related to the Iranian attack on Israel.

Flying as HOWLER 11-12, two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and deployed to Morón Air Base, Spain, since the end of last month for Bomber Task Force 24-2, forward deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, on Apr. 15, 2024.

Despite the tension in the Middle East, following the Iranian attack on Israel on Apr. 14 and the retaliation by Tel Aviv expected in the next days, the deployment of the U.S. bombers has, according to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa Public Affairs, nothing to do with the tensions in the region, but part of a long-planned, routine training mission conducted under Bomber Task Force 24-2.