Cracked engine part sparked giant B-1 bomber fire, investigation finds The ... the 76th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Flight and the 569th Egress Flight at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma ...

Two Air Force B-1 bombers conducted an overflight of a disputed South China Sea shoal together with Philippines jet fighters ...

Three FA-50PH jet fighter aircraft from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and two B-1 "Lancer" supersonic variable-sweep heavy ...

The U.S. and Philippines flew a joint patrol over the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea guarded by Beijing's ...

Its swing wings could tuck in to reduce drag for low-supersonic flight, or extend wide for maximal lift while going low and slow. Its limited stealth characteristics gave the big bomber a radar ...

First, the B-1 is the fastest bomber in the stable ... sweep wings is the ability to change the shape of the aircraft mid-flight, hence changing the aircraft’s flight characteristics.

The Air Force did not identify the Lancers’ home station, but it routinely sends bombers on long flights from the United States called bomber task force missions to demonstrate its ability to ...