Tag Archives: B-1B LANCER Bomber

The B-1B lancer entered service in 1986 and was designed as a strategic bomber with supersonic speed. Photo by Senior Airman Jeffrey Withrow Thirty-five years ago, the first B-1B Lancer long-range, multi-mission, supersonic conventional bomber was delivered to the U.S. Air Force. The Strategic Air Command received the first operational Rockwell …

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 …