Taken on Oct. 30, the following awesome picture shows a B-1B “Lancer” (or “Bone”) with the 28th Bomb Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taking off for a night Green Flag sortie from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
This image shows how close one the most famous airbases in the world is to the Sin City.
Image credit: U.S. Air Force
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Similar to the more famous Red Flag series, the Green Flag exercises focus on Close Air Support missions, those flown by the B-1s in Afghanistan.
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