28th Bomb Wing, 18th Wing conduct South China Sea mission, demonstrate global presence

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Dillon Neal, boom operator assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, prepares to refuel a B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., during a 32-hour round-trip sortie to conduct operations over the Pacific as part of a joint U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission April 30, 2020. The 909th ARS enables the execution of tactical, conventional, and peacetime operations in the Indo-Asia Pacific region.