After a yearslong sabbatical in the desert, a retired B-1B Lancer will soon rejoin the Air Force's bomber fleet. The aircraft, nicknamed "Lancelot," is slated to replace another B-1 bomber whose ...
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 C-model is the Navy’s carrier-capable variant and the fifth-generation fighter. Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the ...
US release footage showing a B-1 bomber taking off from a runway after strikes were launched in Iraq and Syria The U.S. Central Command release footage showing a B-1 bomber taking off from a ...