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A contemporary U.S. Air Force strategic bomber, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer. A strategic bomber is a medium- to long-range penetration bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target for the purposes of debilitating the enemy's capacity to wage war.
The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is an American strategic bomber in development for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Northrop Grumman.Part of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program, it is to be a stealth intercontinental strategic bomber that can deliver conventional and thermonuclear weapons.
A number of studies on a strategic-range counterpart followed. The first post-B-70 strategic penetrator study was known as the Subsonic Low-Altitude Bomber (SLAB), which was completed in 1961. This produced a design that looked more like an airliner than a bomber, with a large swept wing, T-tail, and large high-bypass engines. [21]
Ever since the Pentagon awarded a contract for a ‘Long Range Strategic Bomber’ to Northrop Grumman in 2015, workers at the secretive Air Force-owned Plant 42 facility in the Mojave Desert have ...
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s, and by NASA for nearly 50 years.
Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1933 retired 1942: 46: Curtiss XA-14 attack/light bomber: 1935 retired prototype: 1: Curtiss A-18 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1935 retired 1943: 13: Curtiss B-2 Condor heavy bomber: 1929 retired 1934: 13: Curtiss BF2C Goshawk fighter-bomber: 1933 retired 1949: 166: Curtiss CS torpedo bomber: 1923 Retired ...
The Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) is a development and acquisition program to develop a long-range strategic bomber for the United States Air Force, [1] intended to be a heavy-payload stealth aircraft that can deliver thermonuclear weapons. [2] Initial capability is planned for the mid-2020s.
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 ...