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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.
Rockwell B-1 Lancer, a 1974 USAF heavy bomber aircraft; Bensen B-1, a Bensen aircraft; Blackburn B-1, a 1938 British twin-engined four-seat touring aircraft; Boeing B-1, a 1919 seaplane; Huff-Daland XB-1, a 1927 American biplane bomber
28th Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancers release chaff and flares while maneuvering during a training mission 24 February 2010. Reactivated in May 1954 with new Boeing B-47 Stratojet medium bombers and personnel at Pinecastle Air Force Base, near Orlando, Florida under Strategic Air Command (SAC). Engaged in training operations and participated in ...
B-1B 1986-1994 366th Wing: 34 BS: Ellsworth AFB, SD Mountain Home AFB, ID: B-1B 1994-1997 1997-2002 Redesignated 366th Fighter Wing: 384th Bomb Wing: 28 BS: McConnell Air Force Base, KS: B-1B 1987-1994 412th Test Wing: 419 FTS: Edwards AFB, CA: B-1B 1992–present 96th Bombardment Wing: 337 BS 338th Combat Crew Training Squadron (CCTS) 4018 ...
The lead aircraft was finally ... gradually replacing by 2040 the Air Force’s 20 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and 45 B-1 Lancer supersonic bombers. However, around 75 older, but more cost ...
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 ...
At Dyess, they became the 7th Wing, a composite wing equipped with B-1B and C-130 aircraft. In 1997, the wing assumed responsibility for all B-1B initial qualification and instructor upgrade training for Air Combat Command. On 1 April 1997, the wing again became the 7th Bomb Wing when the C-130 airlift mission transferred to Air Mobility ...
The United States flew a B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday in the first live munitions drop over South Korea in 7 years as part of joint air exercises between the two countries ...