Airman 1st Class Max McGee, 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., taxis a B-1B Lancer at Barksdale AFB, La. Nov. 9. The B-1 aircraft was flown in to participate in the Green Flag East Exercise taking place here and ending on Nov. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)
Airman 1st Class David Shelby, 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., waits for a B-1B Lancer to taxi before placing chocks at its wheels at Barksdale AFB, La. Nov. 9. Unlike previous Green Flag East Exercises, this is a first for B-1s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)
Airman 1st Class Max McGee, 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., coils the brake cord from the B-1B Lancer at Barksdale AFB, La. Nov. 9. Approximately 75 aircrew and ground maintenance members and four B-1B Lancer aircrafts are participating in the Green Flag East Exercise ending Nov. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)
A member from the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., checks the B-1B Lancer aircraft before take-off on Barksdale AFB, La. Nov. 9. Green Flag East is Air Combat Command's premier close-air-support exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)
Airman 1st Class's David Shelby and Max McGee, 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., prepare to ground the B-1B Lancer on Barksdale AFB, La., Nov. 9 during Green Flag East Exercise. This is the first time the B-1B Lancer aircraft was used in the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)
Members from the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., perform a foreign object disposal walk on Barksdale AFB, La. Nov. 9, before the aircraft takes off during Green Flag East Exercise. This is the first time the B-1B Lancer participated in the GFE Exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)
A B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., takes flight on Barksdale AFB, La., Nov. 9 during Green Flag East Exercise. Four B-1B aircraft and approximately 75 members are temporarily assigned here, finishing up Nov. 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexandra M. Boutte)