Military US Air Force announced the suspension of operation of strategic bombers B-1B “rocket launcher” BBC (United States). The decision was taken due to problems in the system bailout of pilots, said in commanding the US Air Force.
according to the statement, after an emergency landing B-1B in Midland, Texas, It was carried out to check all aircraft systems for reliability, which revealed, that there is a problem with the elements of the ejection seat. Until this problem is resolved, maintenance of aircraft will be suspended. The order to ban flights of bombers B-1B Lancer command of the US Air Force released 7 June 2018 of the year, although the emergency landing took place about a month ago.
The US Air Force is quite actively use the bombers B-1B Lancer. The aircraft was used by the US Air Force operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Deployed to Guam to put pressure on North Korea.
A temporary ban on the aircraft operation will not affect the conduct of operations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, said a source in the US Air Force. Recall, such that four British bombers deployed on advanced US base in Europe Fenford.