A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., conducts a training flight Aug. 18, 2016, at Andersen AFB, Guam. The aircraft is deployed in support of the U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. …
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Three B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron fly in formation over Ørland Air Force Station, Norway, in support of a Bomber Task Force deployment, Feb. 22, 2021. The B-1 is a highly-versatile, supersonic, multi-mission weapon system that carries the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons …
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Boeing B-1B Lancer, serial # 86-0098, wearing ‘Midnight Train’ nose-art leads a trio of aircraft at the Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Training Center Jan. 17, 2019, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis) According to Flight Global, US Air Force (USAF) may retire a portion of …
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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Initially formed as a part of the United States Army on 1 August 1907, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces on 18 September …
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According to Air Force Times, The state of the U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancer fleet is bad — really bad — and lawmakers on the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee want the service to come up with a plan to fix the problem. The U.S. Air Force’s …
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on Oct. 4, 1989, a B-1B Lancer from Dyess AFB performing a successful emergency landing on lakebed runway #33. B-1 From the 96th Bomb Wing was forced to make an emergency landing. Suffering a hydraulic failure, the front landing gear refused to deploy. With no other choice, they needed to …
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Here are 10 Facts/Reasons why B-1B Lancer is BADASS Bomber 1) The Bone carries the largest payload of both guided and unguided munitions in the entire United States Air Force Inventory 2) The B-1B’s speed and handling characteristics are more like a fighter, allowing it to seamlessly integrate into large …
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on Oct. 4, 1989, a B-1B Lancer from Dyess AFB performed a successful emergency landing on lakebed runway #33. The crew was uninjured and the bomber suffered only slight damage to the underside of the nose. The bomber landed at Edwards AFB after an increasingly desperate 12-hour flight in which …
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