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December 01, 2020

Long Winter's Nap... Winter Maintenance Begins For B-29 Doc

The 2019 Flying Season Tallied Nearly 100 Flight Hours

The 2020 flying season has come to a close for B-29 Doc and that means the team is now in winter maintenance mode. While 2020 wasn’t what they planned for regarding tour stops and airshow appearances, their mission was still a success thanks to the hard work and dedication of so many volunteers, and those who joined them for a ride flight, or abbreviated tour stop. Those tour stops included these cities in nine states: Oklahoma City, Omaha, Branson, Fayetteville, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia, Terre Haute, Great Bend and of course, Wichita. In all, Doc traveled more than 3,200 nautical miles over some 53 flight hours.

The B-1B Carried An Inert Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile Under An External Pylon For The First Time

The B-1B Lancer’s expanded carriage capabilities comes one step closer to fruition following an external captive carry flight over the skies of Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 20. The flight featured a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 412th Test Wing’s 419th Flight Test Squadron, Global Power Combined Test Force, and carried an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile under an external pylon for the first time. This demonstration may pave the way possibly for the B-1B to carry hypersonic weapons externally.