PACAF sends tailored contingent to support Aero India 2021
Maj. Gen. Mark Weatherington, the Eighth Air Force commander, greets Lt. Col. Michael Fessler, the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron commander, at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, India, Feb. 1, 2021. Fessler was part of a four-member crew that flew a B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., to India to participate in the Aero India 2021 tradeshow. The non-stop, 26-hour sortie demonstrates the long-range capabilities of the B-1B and its aircrew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christina Bennett)