U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit stealth bombers apart of the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron nicknamed the ‘Tigers’ have completed their month-long Bomber Task Force deployment to Australia after being based at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley.

The ‘Tigers’ apart of the the 509th Bomb Wing based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri deployed four B-2’s and around 200 personnel arriving on July 10 to support the U.S. Pacific Air Forces Bomber Task Force- Pacific deployment and operate with their Australian counterparts under the United States and Australian Enhanced Air Cooperation initiative and completing their deployment on August 11th. The Airmen from the 393rd EBS were supported by Missouri Air National Guard 131st Bomb Wing and RAAF personnel on the ground at Amberley, in Australia the B-2’s conducted training missions and strategic deterrence missions with allies, partners and joint forces in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific with participation in exercises Koolendong and Arnhem Thunder in Australia’s Northern Territory conducting a photoex with RAAF 75 Squadron F-35A Lightnings over RAAF Base Curtain. “This deployment of the B-2 to Australia demonstrates and enhances the readiness and lethality of our long-range penetrating strike force,” said Lt. Col. Andrew ‘Stitch’ Kousgaard, 393rd Bomb Squadron commander. “We loved training and enhancing our interoperability with our RAAF teammates, as well as partners and allies across the Indo-Pacific as we meet PACAF objectives.”