The US Air Force is temporarily relocating the entire B-1B Lancer fleet for the first time in 30 years: preparing for the B-21 Raider era

 The US Air Force has temporarily relocated its entire fleet of B-1B Lancer bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base (South Dakota). 

This has not happened for 30 years.The relocation is part of a major runway construction project at Ellsworth ahead of the planned deployment of the B-21 Raider, which will see dozens of B-1s relocated to Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota and Andersen Air Force Base on Guam as part of the Bomber Task Force deployment.

The full-scale mobilization underscores the continued strategic importance of the B-1B, even as the B-21 Raider prepares to take on the role of a long-range strike aircraft in the future.

 B-1B Lancer bombers