The Air Force base Box Elder, SD has recently reopened after a ten-month construction project.

“This nearly $130 million construction will also bring back the B-1 Lancers and airmen who were temporarily based at the Grand Forks Base.” “It’s more than just about bringing the iron and the airplanes home, we’re bringing approximately 700 airmen back home that since the first of February or even a little bit before have been separated from their families. But even though the bombers weren’t flying out of here, the ability to deliver long-range strikes throughout the world was unabated,” Lord said. The last construction project for the base runway was back in the 80s, when the B-1 Lancers made their way onto the base,” according to the article.

 

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