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The B-1B Lancer Problem As the U.S. military contemplates the future of its strategic bomber fleet, the B-1B Lancer finds itself in a challenging position.
The B-1B Lancer bomber will be able to use up to six Load Adaptable Modular pylons under the fuselage to carry heavy standoff munitions and hypersonic weapons.
Lt. Col. Alvarez, a B-1B weapons systems officer and commander of the 345th Bomb Squadron, joins a short list of aircrew who have amassed 5,000-plus flying hours in the B-1B. Lt. Col. Eric Alvarez ...
Even as the B-1B Lancer is on track to be retired in the mid-2030s to make way for the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, the Air Force has continued to enhance its capabilities.
After some impressive years in service, ht e B-1B Lancer is on its way out of the US Air Force, but why now and what will come to replace the jet.
The B-1B bomber has the largest payload of conventional weapons in the U.S. Air Force inventory, capable of carrying up to 75,000 pounds of bombs and missiles.
In response to the U.S. B-1B Lancer, Russia developed the Tu-160 in the 1980s. It is now the military bomber with the largest payload in the world.
The B-1 remains the sole purely conventional bomber in the US Air Force’s inventory. As of this month, the US Air Force’s B-1B “Lancer” bomber has operated from the service’s Dyess Base ...
ABILENE, Texas — Airmen and crew celebrated 40 years of the B-1B Lancer at Dyess Air Force Base on Friday. The reunion was made up of members of the B-1B Bomber Association.