FILE PHOTO B-1 Bomber

398556 01: (FILE PHOTO) A B-1B Lancer from the U.S. Air Force 28th Air Expeditionary Wing heads out on a combat mission in support of strikes on Afghanistan in this image released December 7, 2001. A B-1 Bomber, similar to the one shown here, has gone down in the Indian Ocean December 12, 2001 according to a Pentagon spokesman. According to early reports, the crew of the aircraft was rescued. (Photo Courtesy USAF/Getty Images)