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The Douglas Y1B-7 was a 1930s American bomber aircraft. It was the first US monoplane given the B-'bomber' designation. The monoplane was more practical and less expensive than the biplane, and the United States Army Air Corps chose to experiment with monoplanes for this reason.
The Blackburn B-7 was a single-engine two/three-seat biplane built to a British Air Ministry specification for a general-purpose, multitasking aircraft. It first flew in 1934, but no contracts were issued and only one aircraft was completed.
Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber: 1935 retired 1946: 350: Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber: 1931 retired prototype: 8: Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber: 1929 retired prototype: 7: Great Lakes BG dive bomber: 1933 retired 1941: 61: Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber: 1927 retired prototype: 1: Keystone B-3 light bomber: 1929 retired 1940: 36: Keystone B-4 heavy ...
The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, [3] is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. A subsonic flying wing with a crew of two, the plane was designed by Northrop (later Northrop Grumman ) as the prime contractor, with Boeing ...
The Air Force followed these developments closely, and in 1955 issued General Operational Requirement No. 38 for a new bomber, combining the payload and intercontinental range of the B-52 with the Mach 2 top speed of the Convair B-58 Hustler. [7] [N 2] The new bomber was expected to enter service in 1963. [8]
The Rockwell B-1 Lancer [b] is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force.It has been nicknamed the "Bone" (from "B-One"). [2] [3] As of 2024, it is one of the United States Air Force's three strategic bombers, along with the B-2 Spirit and the B-52 Stratofortress.
The United States flew a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday for its first precision-guided bombing drill with South Korea in seven years, the South's military said. The ...
These were the last canvas-and-wood biplane bombers ordered by the Air Corps. The performance of the B-6A varied little from the Martin NBS-1 ordered in 1921. Its successor, the monoplane bomber, had a hard time getting accepted. The Douglas Y1B-7 and Fokker XB-8 were originally designed as high-speed reconnaissance aircraft. [1]