8/1/2012 - ENGLAND – A B-1B Lancer from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies over the Atlantic Ocean before refueling from a KC-135 assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, July 31, 2012. The B-1B Lancer is a multi-mission bomber, capable of carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the U.S. Air Force inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)

8/1/2012 - ENGLAND – A B-1B Lancer from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, approaches a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker July 31, 2012. Once close enough to the KC-135, the Lancer connects to the boom to receive fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)

8/1/2012 - ENGLAND – A B-1B Lancer from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing July 31, 2012. The Lancer is used by the U.S. Air Force as a global reach multi-purpose bomber and can rapidly deliver precision and non-precision weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world, at any time. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)

8/1/2012 - Senior Master Sgt. Paul Wallace, 351st Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, connects the boom of a 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker to a B-1B Lancer from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, July 31, 2012. Wallace is responsible for guiding the Lancer into range of the boom and ensuring they are refueled as safely and quickly as possible. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)

8/1/2012 - A B-1B Lancer from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, sit at the tip of the wing of a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing July 31, 2012. The platform has global reach capability and can deliver up to a 75,000 pound payload. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)