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The Rockwell B-1 Lancer [b] is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force.It has been nicknamed the "Bone" (from "B-One"). [2] [3] As of 2024, it is one of the United States Air Force's three strategic bombers, along with the B-2 Spirit and the B-52 Stratofortress.
This is a list of B-1 units of the United States Air Force by wing, squadron, location, variant, and service dates. During the 1980s, squadrons were transferred regularly to different wings and bases temporarily, and sometimes permanently.
Rockwell B-1 Lancer, a 1974 USAF heavy bomber aircraft; Bensen B-1, a Bensen aircraft; Blackburn B-1, a 1938 British twin-engined four-seat touring aircraft; Boeing B-1, a 1919 seaplane; Huff-Daland XB-1, a 1927 American biplane bomber
A fiery January crash of a B-1 bomber in South Dakota was caused by multiple crew failures, terrible winter weather and a last-minute brush with wind shear that resulted in all four members ...
Arsenal Plane. The push to load the B-1 with as many missiles as possible goes back to the Arsenal Plane concept, an idea from the late 2010s that sought to stuff a large aircraft to the gills ...
The Department of Defense announced 18 new defense contracts Monday, worth $1.29 billion in total value. The big winner of the day was Boeing , which landed a combined $818.98 million via three ...
Martin XB-51 attack bomber: 1949: retired prototype: 2: 4,700: McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft: n/a: abandoned 1983 project: 0: 2,300: McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft: 1978: operational: 323: 4,200: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber: 1958: retired 2016: 5,195 [notes 2] 8,500: McDonnell Douglas ...
The wing performs combat training with the Boeing B-1B Lancer bomber and is the USAF's premier operational B-1B unit with 36 aircraft. The wing consists of these groups: 7th Operations Group (Tail Code: "DY") - Responsible for executing global conventional bombing directed by proper command authority, it is the Air Force's largest B-1 ...