Nose art of B-1B Lancer bomber, "Black Widow," a back-up aircraft for the four bombers of the 9th Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas which will launch during exercise CORONET BAT. This mission is a non-stop around the the world flight. The exercise will include five in-flight refuelings and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. When completed this will establish the first (unofficial) world record in this weight category

Nose art of B-1B Lancer, tail number 86-107, "Bad to the B-one" one of four bombers of the 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, which will launch during exercise CORONET BAT. At a point during the mission this Lancer broke formation and landed as planned while two continued on their non-stop mission around the world flight. The exercise will include five in-flight refuelings and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. When completed this will establish the first (unofficial) world record in this weight category

Nose art of B-1B Lancer, tail number 86-112, "Eternal Guardian" one of four bombers of the 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, which will launch during exercise CORONET BAT. At a point during the mission "Eternal Guardian" will break formation and land as planned while two continued on their non-stop mission around the world flight. Exercise will include five in-flight refuelings, and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. When completed this will establish the first (unofficial) world record in this weight category

SENIOR AIRMAN Brian Bower, crew chief, attaches a refueling nozzle to the fuel receptacle of a B-1B Lancer bomber. This aircraft is participating in exercise CORONET BAT a non-stop around the world sortie, that will include five in-flight refuelings, and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. When completed this will establish the first (unofficial) world record in this weight category

Brig. GEN. Ron Henderson, Commander, 7th Wing (ACC), Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, briefs media about exercise CORONET BAT, a non-stop around the world sortie of two B-1B Lancer bombers, that will include five in-flight refuelings, and three no-drop bombing exercises. This mission when completed will establish the first (unofficial) world record in the weight category

A close-up, nose-on view of the lead B-1B Lancer bomber named "Hellion," of the 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas during exercise CORONET BAT. The around the world mission included five in-flight refuelings, and three "no-drop" bombing exercises established the world speed record in this weight category

Night preparation of B-1B Lancer bomber hours before crews of the 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, launch on a non-stop around the world sortie, that will include five in-flight refuelings, and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. When completed this will establish the first (unofficial) world record in this weight category. The aircraft is connected to an underground supply of electrical energy and compressed air

Nose art of B-1B Lancer bomber, "Black Widow," a back-up aircraft for the four bombers of the 9th Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas which will launch during exercise CORONET BAT. This mission is a non-stop around the the world flight. The exercise will include five in-flight refuelings and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. When completed this will establish the first (unofficial) world record in this weight category

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT

Base: Dyess Air Force Base

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lance Cheung

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

date_range

Date

01/06/1995

place

Location

32.42238, -99.84187

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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