China felt increasingly pressured by the presence of B-2 bombers to Hawaii ... what happened ???

While in Hawaii from August 15 through September 27, the massive strategic bombers undertook integration exercises with the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199 th Fighter Squadron, which flies the stealthy, high-flying Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor air superiority fighter. When flying against heavily defended airspace, the Raptors escort the stealthy but comparatively slow and unmaneuverable bombers into enemy airspace. Working together, the Raptors and the B-2 would kick down the door for follow-on aircraft during an actual air campaign. It was exactly this sort of scenario that the B-2s and the F-22s practiced during the bombers’ deployment to Hawaii. “The training with the Hawaii Air National Guard was invaluable,” Lt. Col. Nicholas Adcock, 393rd Bomber Squadron commander, said. “Together we refined and exercised multiple tactics that are crucial to the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.” The Air National Guard also played a key role in operating the B-2 aircraft. Like the 199 th Fighter Squadron, which has an active component counter part in the 19th Fighter Squadron with which it shares its F-22 aircraft and personnel, the Bomber Task Force is also what the Air Force calls a Total Force Integration unit—which incorporates both active and reserve component personnel.