{"id":64511,"date":"2022-07-14T18:51:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T18:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/14\/b-2-spirits-arrive-in-australia-for-bomber-task-force-rotation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:33:09","slug":"b-2-spirits-arrive-in-australia-for-bomber-task-force-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/07\/14\/b-2-spirits-arrive-in-australia-for-bomber-task-force-rotation\/","title":{"rendered":"B-2 Spirits arrive in Australia for Bomber Task Force rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two more Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from the 509th Bomb Wing out of Whiteman Air Force Base arrived at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley July 12 as part of a Pacific Air Forces Bomber Task Force deployment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/air\/2022\/05\/23\/australians-bring-wedgetail-to-black-flag-test-as-us-preps-for-awacs-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\">to conduct training<\/a> and strategic deterrence missions in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the second pair of B-2 aircraft and aircrew to arrive in Australia for July\u2019s rotational BTF in support of the Enhanced Air Cooperation Initiative under the force posture agreement between the two countries. The first two arrived July 10. The deployed airmen also include members of the 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deployment aligns with the National Defense Strategy\u2019s objectives of strategic predictability and operational unpredictability. The BTF enables different types of strategic bombers to operate forward in the Indo-Pacific region from a broad array of overseas and continental U.S. locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/09\/22\/all-aircraft-are-on-the-table-for-new-deployments-to-australia-says-pacific-air-boss\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1000w_q95.jpg_9b4518.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">All aircraft are on the table for new deployments to Australia, says Pacific air boss<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Growing U.S.-Australian military cooperation is poised to have ripple effects on aviation as well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTraining and operating with our Australian partners has been an absolute blast,\u201d said Lt. 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Andrew Kousgaard, commander of the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, in a news release. \u201cSince our advance team hit the ground over a week ago, U.S. Airmen have integrated with their Australian counterparts in every specialty: fuels, logistics, maintenance, aviators, you name it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have plans to conduct engines-running refueling with Australian equipment, air refuel with Australian KC-30s \u2026 the list goes on, and the entire deployed squadron is really excited about it,\u201d said Kousgaard. \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to demonstrate that we can accomplish that mission from diverse locations in the largest combatant command in the world, and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re doing here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/B-2-Whiteman.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/B-2-Whiteman.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/B-2-Whiteman.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/B-2-Whiteman.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/B-2-Whiteman.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, arrives in support of a Bomber Task Force training exercise at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia, July 10. (Tech. Sgt. Dylan Nuckolls\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time B-2s deployed to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command as part of a task force was nearly two years ago, in August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions in the Indo-Pacific region have been rising amid a host of concerns, ranging from international rights of passage through the South China Sea to worries that a conflict with China could erupt over Taiwan. In April, China <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/04\/15\/china-stages-military-exercises-as-us-lawmakers-visit-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">conducted military exercises<\/a> to protest six U.S. lawmakers\u2019 meeting with the president of Taiwan to express support for the democratic island. Then, in May, President Joe Biden said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/05\/23\/biden-us-would-intervene-with-military-to-defend-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. would intervene militarily<\/a> if China invaded Taiwan, as its leaders have threatened to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His statement represented a significant departure from the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act that governs <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-china-united-states-beijing-united-nations-0f27ca946b9fa97487af1ba8e80c3682\">U.S. relations with the island<\/a>, which does not require the U.S. to step in militarily to defend Taiwan if China invades, but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself. Biden later walked back the statement a bit, saying the U.S. policy of \u201cstrategic ambiguity\u201d had not changed, without specifically saying he had misspoken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the most consequential theater with the most challenging security issues \u2026 and advancing our interoperability with critical allies like Australia is critical to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific,\u201d said Navy Adm. John C. Aquilino, the head of USINDOPACOM, in a news release. \u201cThere are many aspects that are going on daily to continue to move the security relationship forward in a positive way to provide deterrence, prevent war, and maintain peace and stability within the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kousgaard called the BTF deployment essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe only way to learn and improve is to actually deploy and practice,\u201d he said. \u201cWe simply cannot operate effectively by ourselves in this environment, and learning to effectively integrate with our partners is absolutely critical to success. We\u2019re training against that \u2018tyranny of distance,\u2019 alongside our Australian partners on this deployment, and that experience is truly invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and Australia have long been strengthening relationships and interoperability through exercises like this and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2022\/04\/05\/australia-accelerates-missile-upgrade-program-by-several-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">via technology cooperation<\/a>. 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