Hundreds of airmen from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron deployed from Barksdale AFB, La., arrived at Andersen AFB, Guam, recently in support of US Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence. The 20th EBS, replaced the 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, which returned home from its four-month tour earlier this month. “We have already participated in one training exercise and there are at least 10 more we have identified over the next several months,” said Lt. Col. Michael Miller, 20th EBS commander, in a release. “We will also have the unique opportunity to participate in exercises with our allies from Korea, Japan, and Australia, an experience not available to us during our time in the United States.” Pacific Air Forces has routinely deployed B-1, B-2, and B-52 bomber aircraft to Guam on a rotational basis since 2003.
A three-month continuing resolution that ended in December inflicted less pain on the Department of the Air Force than it had expected, as procurement and construction continue in the new year. The federal government operated under a stopgap spending measure that stretched from the beginning of the fiscal year on…