USAF and RAF salute 'Mighty Eighth' Anniversary

On February 1, the US Air Force and Royal Air Force marked the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the US Eighth Air Force with a fly-over of significant locations associated with the American presence in East Anglia. A B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, a unit assigned to today’s Eighth Air Force, engaged in a round-trip flight from and to the continental USA. It was accompanied by a pair of F-15E