The U.S. Air Force long has kept the same three bombers in rotation, but that will soon change. The United States has the most robust fleet of strategic bombers on Earth. For a generation, the U.S.
First, the B-1 is the fastest bomber in the stable; while the B-2 and B-52 are limited to subsonic speeds (comparable to the commercial airliner you might take from Newark to O’Hare), the B-1 is ...
After the cancellation of a more ambitious B-1A bomber in the 1970s, the less expensive B-1B was procured in the 1980s to penetrate Soviet airspace at low altitude and deliver nuclear strikes.
The exercises took place less than a month after the U.S. sent supersonic B-1 bombers to Guam's Andersen Air Force Base during heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula and ongoing disputes ...
Ellsworth AFB reopens runway following B-1 crash The four members of the bomber's air crew ejected during the crash; two ...
US release footage showing a B-1 bomber taking off from a runway after ... say they are resolute and determined to continue their action despite legal proceedings being issued against them for ...