B-1B Lancer makes closest flight ever to North Korea
The low level flight of a B-1B Lancer is tracked by Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Bergeson, 7th Air Force commander, and Col. Andrew Hansen, 51st Fighter Wing commander, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Sept. 21, 2016. The B-1 is the backbone of the U.S. long-range bomber mission and is capable of carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory. The flight was the closest a B-1 has ever flown to the border between the Republic of Korea and North Korea. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillian Bamman)