B-1B Lancers U.S. Navy Live-Fire Mine Exercise
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron takes off from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., to integrate with the U.S. Navy and rapidly deploy a naval mine during a live-fire mine exercise (MineX) Aug. 25, 2022. Ellsworth integrated with the Navy to provide training for weapon loaders in handling and loading naval mines. B-1B Lancers are capable of deploying more than seven battlefield-shaping Mark-65 Quickstrike mines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Quentin K. Marx)