The average number of daily combat missions the B-1 bomber has flown since its first such mission on December 17, 1998. That day it lifted off from Oman to bomb Saddam Hussein’s (non-existent) weapons of mass destruction in Operation Desert Fox. On Monday, the Bone flew its 10,000 combat mission, this time over Afghanistan, since that initial mission 4,820 days earlier. “My father flew a bomber for 23 years,” said Captain Laura Hunstock, the weapons systems officer on the 10,000th flight. “I’m excited to carry on our family tradition and legacy.”
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Captain Laura Hunstock shakes hands with her crew chiefs before taking part in the B-1’s 10,000 combat mission
