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The Long Range Strike Caucus provides an informal, bipartisan opportunity to educate Members on current and future capabilities, advocate for this essential instrument of national security, and facilitate engagement between Congress, industry, and the Department of Defense.
The Air Force bomber fleet provides a unique ability for the United States to rapidly strike any target in the world, an essential capability for deterring our enemies and reassuring our allies and partners, and one we have relied heavily on for the past fifteen years.
In fact, B-2 bombers conducted the first strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan following the attacks of September 11, 2001, notably commencing operations with a record setting 44-hour-long combat mission. Additionally, these aircraft carried out “Night One” strikes during the opening hours of Operation Iraqi Freedom that suppressed air defense systems, enabling airspace access throughout. During Operation Inherent Resolve, B-1B Lancers have accounted for about 40 percent of the weapons dropped while flying
less than 10 percent of the sorties. Finally, just this month, B-2s conducted a devastating raid on two ISIS training camps in Libya, dropping over 100 weapons that killed over 80 terrorists and B-52s struck an Al Qaeda training camp in Syria, killing over 100 fighters.
However, the newest B-1 was built nearly thirty years ago, and its predecessor, the B-52, is decades older. Almost half of our current long range strike aircraft pre-date the Cuban Missile Crisis, affecting our ability to operate, especially in potentially contested environments. Therefore, efforts to develop and procure a new generation of Air Force bombers, the B-21 Raider, are intrinsic to the conventional and nuclear national security apparatus.
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