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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.
This is a list of B-1 units of the United States Air Force by wing, squadron, location, variant, and service dates. During the 1980s, squadrons were transferred regularly to different wings and bases temporarily, and sometimes permanently.
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
It was tested in 1951-52 but was never installed in the aircraft. The Bell X-2, designed for flight in excess of Mach 3, could jettison the cockpit, though the pilot would still have to jump out and descend under his own parachute. [5] The first production aircraft with an escape crew capsule was the Mach 2 B-58 Hustler.
Deadly, New B-1 Bombers Could Obliterate Chinese Aircraft Carriers. Kyle Mizokami. July 27, 2023 at 2:37 PM. The Most Deadly Version of the B-1 Bomber Yet Getty Images. ... The B-1 Lancer bomber, ...
It operates Rockwell B-1 Lancer aircraft providing strategic bombing capability. The squadron is one of the oldest in the United States Air Force, its origins dating to 13 June 1917, when the 37th Aero Squadron was organized at Kelly Field , Texas.
The lead aircraft was finally unveiled to the public on December 2, ... gradually replacing by 2040 the Air Force’s 20 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and 45 B-1 Lancer supersonic bombers. However ...
A B-1 Lancer bomber from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota crashed while trying to land and all four crew members ejected safely, the Air Force said. The B-1 was on a training mission when ...