In the next few years, the U.S. Air Force will say goodbye to the B-1 Lancer. The venerable bomber, known affectionately as the “Bone,” will be phased out, alongside the B-2 Spirit, in favor of the ...
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.