B-2 Spirts stealth bombers arrive at Lajes Field

Credit: Airman 1st Class Christina Carter | Date Taken: 03/16/2021
Members of the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron perform a hot-pit refuel with three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers as part of a bomber task force at Lajes Field, Azores, March 16, 2021. The B-2s deployed from Whitema Air Force Base, Missouri, to Lajes Field as part of a bomber task force mission. U.S. Strategic Command routinely conducts BTF operations across the globe as a demonstration of U.S. commitment to collective defense and to integrate with Geographic Combatant Command operations and activities. B-roll package includes B-2s landing, taxiing, refueling and departing. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Christina Carter)