B-2 Bomber

A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, takes-off from Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, to support a Bomber Task Force mission, Aug. 17, 2020. Bomber Task Force missions allow U.S. Strategic Command to provide persistent, long-term bomber presence to aid in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. Over the course of 24 hours, four B-1B Lancers, two B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers, and four F-15C Eagles conducted Bomber Task Force missions simultaneously within the Indo-Pacific region. Pacific Air Forces routinely conducts BTF operations to show the United States’ commitment to allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar)

Bombers Directorate to host Small Business Summit

Published Feb. 13, 2025
By Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Public Affairs

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Bombers Directorate will host its first Small Business Summit Feb. 20-21 at Rose State College in Midwest City, Okla.

The event will feature guest speakers, panel discussions and updates on opportunities for small businesses to provide sustainment support to the Air Force’s bomber fleet. In addition, small business professionals will have the opportunity to network with Air Force experts that are responsible for sustaining and modernizing B-1s, B-2s and B-52s.

“We have a number of parts and supportability challenges, and in order to resolve them we need to find innovative and creative solutions,” said Lt. Col. David Hanisch, Materiel Leader for the directorate’s B-2 Division’s Sustainment Branch. “I believe that small businesses can provide the solutions we need. If you think about the importance of quickly fielding parts in a time of war, small businesses are going to be critical to that, and events like this summit help ensure we have mechanisms in place to engage and work together.”

For more information and to register for the event visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bomber-directorate-small-business-summit-tickets-1155017160419?aff=oddtdtcreator